governance of said team, its agenda and its participatory work strategy, these social actors who were pointed out by Silvana Ibarra as part of her core work team... they didn't know what we were talking about. They clarified that, like the rest of the actors, they attended as guests but had not been informed that they were part of a work team, logistics or promotion of any instrument, and never acted as such. Obviously, the document lacks the basis of participatory design, and had been presented at this point in a blatantly deceitful manner. It was logical that when he came to the opportunity to present it to the members of the communities there would have been annoyances and attempts to discuss what was proposed, but they were not given an opportunity. “…Well, if they invited us to a presentation, of an idea they had... but they didn't tell us they were going to do one thing like a reservation... they were like their ideas and I went and said ah, well it's okay to come and listen to that idea they have... but that's it.” Luis Chimal Balam. President of the Ejido Commissariat of the Bacalar ejido 2018 – 2021.
In terms of percentage of participation, the social sector convened only included 4 actors, 7% of the total sample, while tourism service providers were 33%. 300 participants are mentioned, but from the talk with the representatives of the ejidos Bacalar and Aaron Merino (50% of the social actors who attended) it was found that the participation was not informed, and only one or two representatives attended one or two calls. When one reviews the PROTUR document the first thing that emerges clearly is that it tried to solve the deficiency of call and participation Including volunteers and students, and trying to give more formality to the structure, placing some of the attendees as if they had been part of the core team, when they were only assistants. At all times the process was manipulated and directed, and sometimes led by the municipality of Bacalar, which geographically only has interference in approximately 30% of the entire system. The participation of the municipality of Othón P. Blanco was ignored, which has interference in the remaining 70%. In conclusion, like-minded people and people "necessary" to demonstrate that other sectors of the population had been taken into account in a "fair" manner were invited to the meetings and workshops. A tokenist strategy to simulate participation. But the exercises were directed, manipulated, and the attendees 124
