Abstract

Sustainability was defined as “the fact which meetsthe present needs without compromising the ability of futuregenerations to satisfy their own needs.” There are a lot of touristattractions with an incredible potential but without thepromotion or development needed to be streamlined, such is thecase of The Pooled Towns, a set of communities in the mountainsin northern highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico. This research isaimed to analyze the characteristics of the tourism projectmentioned and its relation with local development andcommunity sustainability analysis from the Commonalityperspective. The development dimensions and elementssystematized in the available literature were analyzed and it willhave an analytical scope and empirical knowledge generation.The relevance lies in the knowledge of the involvement of thepeople in developing alternative tourism and its impact oncommunity sustainability.