New Zealand's tourism model development and its results: A lesson for mexican tourism developers and public administrators

In this study it is compared how different countries have come up with different models of tourism development, which accordingly with experts have produced a number of different results in their respective societies. In this article we intended to compare some of the key decisions made by tourist authorities in New Zealand, against some of the key decisions made by tourist authorities in Mexico, as well as their impacts in their respective societies. This article aim is to understand that there are better ways to achieve better tourism development. Cualatative approach was used from first data. The results and differences in both countries were visible such as their impacts in alternative tourism, it is also argued that, despite not being nearly as sustainable and ecofriendly as portrayed by its national authorities through its “100 per cent pure” tourism campaing, New Zealand's alternative tourism model has been more effectivefor producing socioeconomic development than most western models of largescale tourism development, including the traditional model currently implemented in Mexico.