Tourism Safety and Security with a Sustainability Vision, Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)

Abstract

The research aim is to understand the meaning of empirical experiences on tourism safety and security in Ciudad Juárez and favor the emergence of knowledge from empirical data. Applied research with a diagnostic-propositional projection was implemented using qualitative, interdisciplinary, and deductive/inductive approaches based on a pilot case study using focus groups. The research outcomes were participatory systematization of statements about the perception of tourism safety and security in Ciudad Juárez, a theoretical framework of tourism safety, and a causal explanatory model. It concludes by corroborating the high potential of different stakeholders' empirical knowledge for theorizing and promoting better safety practices in tourism.