The Otomi culture in the Valle del Mezquital, Hidalgo, Mexico, as an alternative for development of rural tourism.

Abstract

Rural tourism has great potential to stimulate the local economy and culture of rural communities, this type of activity offers visitors products and activities. In addition to promoting the role of tourism in the assessment and safeguarding of rural peoples, in cynical terms with natural resources, biodiversity and cultural expressions. The state of Hidalgo in this regard has a rural tourist potential that has a great natural and cultural diversity, where indigenous communities offer unique expressions for the development of routes that will allow for the increase of visitors' flows and improvement of the quality of life of the Otomi communities In this work, tourist routes are proposed to develop rural tourism in the state of Hidalgo, through an analysis of resources and identification of communities where attractive activities can be implemented for the development of rural tourism, in addition to teaching and valuate the importance of the otomí communities.