Heritage and tourism in mexican tourism legislation. A comparative look at the Oaxacan state

Today the heritage and tourism association is frequent and can be seen as a political practice for sustainable development, but also as a value conferred by people on the environment, their culture, their ways of acting and in general, of being. The objective of this study is to describe, from a comparative legal approach, the normative considerations in tourism for the preservation of heritage in the state of Oaxaca, particularly when having sites declared heritage of humanity and tourism being a strategy of development for the entity. The methodology used is descriptive. The main results are that of 12 common categories of interest for Mexican tourism legislation in matters of heritage, Oaxaca only participates in five of them in its tourism law. Despite this, its legal framework shows an interest in the preservation and safeguarding of its heritage. It is concluded that it is necessary to strengthen the regulatory framework of the tourism law in Oaxaca in order to better guarantee the protection and preservation of the tangible and intangible heritage in its territory.