Capital Cities Located in the Central Mexico Micro Region and Their Likely Resurgence as Leisure and Tourism Spaces (Las Ciudades Capitales de la Micro-Región Centro de México y Su Recuperación Como Espacios de Ocio y Turismo) (Spanish)

Mexico’s tourism development perspective foresees beach resorts being preferred above city destinations (either large, small or border areas). It might be evident that cities have lost tourism value and so they seem unable to take over the challenge of offering new products or services based on their geographic endowment. The Central Mexico micro region is configured by the capital cities of México, Cuernavaca, Puebla, Pachuca, Tlaxcala and Toluca, according to the regional tourism framework provided by Sanchez and Frejomil (2001). These capital cities carry on their respective economic, political and social functions related to their relative importance. So, our research objective is to analyze these cities aiming to detect differentiation criteria for each of them based on: a review of basic statistical information, a visual perception exercise and the views of recognized authors on those cities. We remain skeptical of the likely results