Analysis in the Involvement of the Api-tourism in a Bio-gastronomic Route of Yucatan

Abstract

This research was done in three municipalities at east of Yucatan’s State that corresponds to what has been
denominated “Bio-gastronomic route TUT (Tinum, Uayma and Temozon)”. That route has been part of a
participative diagnosis where it was decided to work with beekeepers, who expressed the need of creating
new economic strategies, thus proposing, the api-tourism. Through the ethnographic method, the beekeepers perspective to face problems such as: long droughts, bees diseases and the underpayment by intermediaries has been known. Furthermore, it was identifified that an alternative as api-tourism, required to considerate the traditional work methods, beehive care, and the beliefs based on their habits and customs. It was concluded that the
api-tourism proposal is an activity with chances to start developing, as long as the requirements and guidelines assigned by the beekeepers themselves are accomplished.