Zihua...the real Mexico

11/12/2017

Excerpt(s) from Ingrid's post:

"Fran, I think that there is a difference between areas people call "real or authentic" Mexico and those that are not so much. Places like Ixtapa and Cancun were created as vacation destinations by the government agency Fonatur.

Tourist's wish lists in terms of weather and beaches were put into a computer and destinations that met the criteria were developed. The computers didn't lie and these destinations for the most part are well designed and extremely popular but I don't think that you could call them authentic anymore than you could call Frontierland in Disneyworld authentic U.S.A. Zihuatanejo existed as a thriving fishing village with families living their lives long before tourists were thought of.
It has accommodated tourism and all that goes with it but isn't a product of it.".........

@ INGRID
Very well explained, that was my point.

Though I understand what you mean, me, getting "Nitpicky", I would add one word to the last point:
"It has accommodated tourism and all that goes with it, but ORIGINALLY (wasn't) isn't a product of it." As nowadays, the economy for many people here revolves around tourism, so as time marches on, it now is a tourism "product", that needs to be sold.