Criminality, public security and tourism in the border area of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

This paper analyses the dynamics present in the relations between tourism, security and criminality in a border area, observing how the criminal and inequality dynamics coincide territorially with the spaces destined for visitors. The article investigates the case of Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican economi...

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Autores principales: Costa, Jean Henrique, González Herrera, Manuel Ramón
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spelling oai:ojs.localhost:article-8422022-04-05T15:50:35Z Criminality, public security and tourism in the border area of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico Criminalidad, seguridad pública y turismo en la zona fronteriza de Ciudad Juárez, México Costa, Jean Henrique González Herrera, Manuel Ramón Tourism public security criminality border Ciudad Juárez Social Sciences Statistical data Business Communities Recreation Social pathology Criminology Geography Travel Travel and State Tourism Recreation areas and facilities Political science Internacional relations Boudaries turismo seguridad pública criminalidad frontera Ciudad Juárez Ciencias Sociales Datos estadísticos Negocio Comunidades Recreación Patología social Criminología Geografía Viajar Viajes y estado Turismo Áreas e instalaciones recreativas Ciencias Políticas Relaciones internacionales Fronteras This paper analyses the dynamics present in the relations between tourism, security and criminality in a border area, observing how the criminal and inequality dynamics coincide territorially with the spaces destined for visitors. The article investigates the case of Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican economic border center that has a significant flow of displacements with the USA. The study was conducted through secondary data on marginalization (2010) and prevailing crime (2010-2015) in Ciudad Juárez. The maps show that the spaces destined for tourism are not found in the most dangerous areas of the city, which implies that the visitor runs very little real risk if they do not extrapolate the dynamics of the comfort zone of the tourist territories. In Juárez, focusing on tourism security, there are much more representations of insecurity than a real threat to tourists who will hardly leave the comfort zones of the city. Este artículo analiza la dinámica de las relaciones entre criminalidad, seguridad y turismo en la zona fronteriza de Ciudad Juárez, con el fin de observar cómo las dinámicas criminales y de desigualdades coinciden o no territorialmente con los espacios destinados a los visitantes. Se investiga el caso de Ciudad Juárez, centro económico fronterizo mexicano que tiene significativo flujo de desplazamientos hacia y desde los EE. UU. El estudio se realizó a través de datos secundarios sobre marginación (2010) y criminalidad homicida prevaleciente (2010-2015). Los datos y mapas muestran que los espacios destinados al turismo no se encuentran en las zonas más peligrosas de la ciudad, lo que implica que el visitante en realidad corre muy poco riesgo al permanecer en zonas de bienestar que caracterizan los lugares turísticos. Se concluye que en Ciudad Juárez hay más representaciones de inseguridad que amenaza real para los turistas, quienes se concentran en las zonas de mayor confort de la ciudad. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2020-04-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/epub+zip text/html text/xml text/xml text/html application/epub+zip application/pdf https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/842 10.21670/ref.2004046 Estudios Fronterizos Revista; Vol. 21 (2020) Estudios Fronterizos; Vol. 21 (2020) 2395-9134 0187-6961 spa eng https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/842/1724 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/842/1725 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/842/1726 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/842/1727 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/842/1750 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/842/1751 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/842/1752 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/842/1753 Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. 2010-2015 Ciudad Juárez, México. 2010-2015 Derechos de autor 2020 Estudios Fronterizos https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Criminality, public security and tourism in the border area of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
author_facet Costa, Jean Henrique
González Herrera, Manuel Ramón
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title Criminality, public security and tourism in the border area of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
title_short Criminality, public security and tourism in the border area of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
title_full Criminality, public security and tourism in the border area of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
title_fullStr Criminality, public security and tourism in the border area of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Criminality, public security and tourism in the border area of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
title_sort criminality, public security and tourism in the border area of ciudad juárez, mexico
description This paper analyses the dynamics present in the relations between tourism, security and criminality in a border area, observing how the criminal and inequality dynamics coincide territorially with the spaces destined for visitors. The article investigates the case of Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican economic border center that has a significant flow of displacements with the USA. The study was conducted through secondary data on marginalization (2010) and prevailing crime (2010-2015) in Ciudad Juárez. The maps show that the spaces destined for tourism are not found in the most dangerous areas of the city, which implies that the visitor runs very little real risk if they do not extrapolate the dynamics of the comfort zone of the tourist territories. In Juárez, focusing on tourism security, there are much more representations of insecurity than a real threat to tourists who will hardly leave the comfort zones of the city.
publisher Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
publishDate 2020
url https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/842
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