Maya Biosphere Reserve Livelihoods and Participation in Tourism

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Hannah Legatzke, University of Minnesota

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Aggregate livelihood data.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 26.4 KB 01/04/2024 07:59:AM
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Project Citation: 

Legatzke, Hannah. Maya Biosphere Reserve Livelihoods and Participation in Tourism. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-01-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/E196741V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Community-based tourism is often promoted in protected areas as a means to dually promote conservation and alleviate poverty in rural communities. However, these projects have mixed results in practice and their livelihood impacts are understudied. Hence, through a comparative case study, this research compares how greater local collective authority over tourism affected the distribution of tourism jobs in three gateway towns to the most visited national parks within Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve and how compatible tourism was with residents' other livelihood activities. The data reports aggregate livelihood data including information on household demographics, income and income sources, household assets, use of forest products, time dedicated to cultivation, and participation in tourism for 134 households across the towns of Carmelita, Socotzal, and Yaxha within the Reserve.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources University of Minnesota

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Livelihoods; Tourism ; Smallholder; Poverty alleviation; Protected areas
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Aldea de Carmelita, Municipalidad de San Andres, Peten, Guatemala, Aldea de Socotzal, Municipalidad de Flores, Peten, Guatemala, Caserio de Yaxha, Municipalidad de Flores, Peten, Guatemala
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 9/2021 – 5/2022
Universe:  View help for Universe Random sample of households in Socotzal, Carmelita and Yaxha, constructed to be representative  of households in each of the three towns with a 95% confidence interval and 10% margin of error
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes The document "databanking codebook" has a complete description of all variables gathered from the household livelihood questionnaire and reported in the dataset. The income calculation assumptions include notes on how total income estimates were generated from the household livelihood questionnaire when participants gave approximate answers for income earned through various sources. 

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate 96% (134 households completed the survey out of 139 households selected and approached)
Sampling:  View help for Sampling Random sampling was conducted in the communities of Socotzal and Carmelita using maps generated from aerial imagery of the communities. A census was conducted of all qualifying households in Yaxha (households that resided in the community for at least six months of the year). 
Data Source:  View help for Data Source household survey
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) face-to-face interview
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation households

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