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Analysis of Sustainability in A Pilgrimage Site, the Case of Santa Ana de Guadalupe, Mexico
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Martínez Cárdenas, Rogelio
Machaen López, Luz Elena
Madrigal Loza, Carolina Elizabeth
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Artículo The importance of sustainability is recognized by the United Nations in the approach it has made to
its objectives of sustainable development, which is why this article makes a first analysis of the
impact on urban growth and the quality of life of the inhabitants of the population of Santa Ana de
Guadalupe, in Jalisco, Mexico, as a consequence of the religious tourism that receives product of the
canonization of Santo Toribio Romo on the part of Juan Pablo II.
The work was carried out using a qualitative methodology, applying both non-participant direct
observation during field visits to the target population, as well as interviews and written request for
information to various actors in the public domain, as well as a review of the published reports
where the population and topic of this research is addressed.
In spite of the rapid spread of devotion to Santo Toribio Romo that has taken him in less than twenty
years to become one of the most visited sanctuaries in Mexico, generating a high influx of religious
tourists to the town of Santa Ana de Guadalupe, has not come to substantially improve the living
standards of the residents of the place as shown in this work.