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Tourism development and indigenous people: the Maya experience in Southern Belize. (includes related article on Maya culture)
In southern Belize, where tourism is in the formative stage, a program called the Maya Village Indigenous Experience has been developed to enable Mopan and Kekchi Maya villagers to participate in a small-scale tourism program without sacrificing their identity, dignity, or economic security. This program is intended to equip rural villagers, many of whom know little about tourism, with the experience and knowledge necessary to help control and benefit from this growing industry.
Many Belizeans are aware that tourism development in the Caribbean and Yucatan Peninsula has traditionally been developed and controlled either by foreign or central government interests, ...
- Toledo District Races to Market With $72.5 Million GO Sale.
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer Carvlin, Elizabeth April 29, 2003 700+ words
The Toledo City School District will jump into the market with $72.5 million of general obligation bonds tomorrow in an attempt to beat Ohio's other large urban school districts vying for funds as part of a $5.7 billion 10-year state school facilities program. Toledo will be Ohio's first district
- San Antonio.(travel information)
- Belize Adventure Guide, 6th ed. Lougheed, Vivien January 1, 2007 700+ words
San Antonio is the largest Maya village in Toledo District with a population of about 1,000. It has a grocery store, two churches, a community center, a mission house, a health center...
- Field trips.
- Cancun, Cozumel & the Riviera Maya Alive Conord, Bruce Conord, June January 1, 2001 700+ words
...riding trails, authentic Maya ruins, a recreation of a Maya village, two snorkeling rivers (one underground that runs...The aboveground Maya river run, past a replica of a Maya village, is much less jammed and you'll see more
- TIMELINE.(the decline of Mayan civilization)
- Magazine article from: Calliope D.C. February 1, 1999 700+ words
...traditional crafts of weaving, basketry, and pottery making. MAYA CHRONOLOGY EARLY MAYA (about 1800 B.C. to A.D. 250) Maya village life begins along the Pacific Coast in 1800 B.C. The first Maya villages in the lowland rain forest are built in 1000...
- University of Colorado at Boulder Archaeology Team Discovers First Ancient...
- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service August 20, 2007 700+ words
...Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Colorado at Boulder team excavating an ancient Maya village in El Salvador buried by a volcanic eruption 1,400 years ago has discovered an ancient field of manioc, the first evidence...
- Nim Li Punit ruins.(historic sites, travel information)
- Belize Adventure Guide, 6th ed. Lougheed, Vivien January 1, 2007 700+ words
Indian Creek is a tiny Maya village with only one guest house (beyond the village), a gas station and a small grocery store. It serves as the gateway to Nim Li...
- Directories.(travel, stay)(Directory)
- Belize Adventure Guide, 6th ed. Lougheed, Vivien January 1, 2007 700+ words
...8012; www.mayabreeze.com Maya Playa ($$-$$$) [telephone] 523-8020; www.gotobelize.com/mayaplaya Maya Village Home Stay ($) [telephone] 520-2021; nuukcheil@btl.net Mejen Tzil Lodge ($) [telephone] 520-3032; isaquire...
- Belizean Village Program offers a cultural tourism experience
- Newspaper article from: Caribbean Today Mollie Barnett October 31, 1995 700+ words
...said that the responses have been overwhelmingly positive. One participant, wrote, "I found the two days I spent in a Maya village the most memorable I've had in my seven years of travel in Central America. The experience is one that I will hold significantly...
