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related: Chiapas 2.0, Chiapas Who flickr: [|chiapas] editing: [|Chiapas]


 * Chiapas** is bordered by the states of [|Tabasco] to the north, [|Veracruz] to the northwest and Oaxaca to the west.

http://www.nvinoticias.com/nota/77998/chiapa-de-corzo-esta-lista-para-el-turismo

Nuevo = New
https://www.facebook.com/ecoturismoaramacaochiapas/posts/1469541953090604 https://www.facebook.com/ecoturismoaramacaochiapas

Biodiversity Fact
There are 1,200 species of butterflies reported to Chiapas, which represent the 80% of all the butterflies known in Mexico and more than double distributed in USA and Canada.

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Wiki
Chiapas 2.0: Introducción a la Web Chiapas Who Maya

Headlines http://www.perceptivetravel.com/issues/0517/mexico.html http://www.nvinoticias.com/nota/14810/8-de-cada-10-turistas-ya-no-quieren-regresar-chiapas

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/redecoturismolaencrucijada https://www.facebook.com/pages/Secretar%C3%ADa-de-Turismo-Chiapas/266136050097486 https://www.facebook.com/H-Concejo-Municipal-San-Juan-Chamula-405138839607676/

Flickr
[|Chiapas Tagged] [|Chiapas - Planeta] [|Yaxche]

Flickr Groups
[|San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico] [|Chiapas, México]

Foursquare
[|lareddeambar]

Tourism Portals
[|Turismo Chiapas] [|@Sectur_Chiapas] []

rss

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Apps
[|Visit Chiapas] [|iTunes] [|@VisitChiapasApp]

TripAdvisor
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g664450-Chiapas_Central_Mexico_and_Gulf_Coast-Vacations.html [|Chiapas Restaurants] [|Things to Do in Chiapas] [|Chiapas Travel Guide]

Twitter
[|@Sectur_Chiapas] [|@isain] [|@EcotourGenuino] [|@elsoldechiapas] [|@FondoElTriunfo1]

Embedded Tweets
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YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/TURISMOTUXTLA

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chich%C3%B3n http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tascalate

Noticias/News
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=chiapas http://news.google.com/news?hl=es&q=chiapas http://diariolavozdelsureste.com/lavoz/

Elsewhere on the Web
http://chiapasenelmundo.com http://www.tziscao.com http://www.ecochiapas.com http://www.lacanja.com

Marguerite
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Waterfalls https://twitter.com/visitmex/status/939123757456572416

Agua Azul
[|Dispute over proposed eco-tourism resort in Mexico - FT]

Agua Azul in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas is the site of a proposed eco-tourism resort for wealthy foreigners. The local community is split in a violent dispute that has already seen one death and more than a hundred arrests. One side supports the state government’s tourism plans, while those opposed to the resort are allied with Chiapas’s Zapatista movement.

Bonampak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonampak [|Yale Bonampak Documentation Project] Does the name 'Bonampak' mean 'beautiful painting' in Maya?

La encrucijada
http://www.ecoturismolaencrucijada.com

Lacandon Rainforest
http://www.turismosiyajchan.mex.tl http://www.lacandoncentral.com

El Madresal: Nuevo centro ecoturístico
@http://bit.ly/9ZmGDr y Video @http://bit.ly/bVndBV

Misol-Ha
In the Maya Chol language, Misol-Ha means “water swept”. This cascade flows from high cliffs in a powerful fall into an ecological reserve that srtetches out over 20 hectares.

[|San Cristóbal de las Casas]
[|La Red de Ámbar (cibercafe)], Francisco León #2 casi esquina Insurgentes El Gato Gordo - live music Coffee - http://www.tierradentro.org.mx [|San Cristóbal - Wikitravel] [|El Caldero] Insurgentes #5-A Cafe Bar Revolucion http://www.myspace.com/cafebarrevolucion http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Cristobal-De-Las-Casas-Mexico/Cafe-Bar-Revolucion/305418899631?ref=ts&v=wall [] Madre Tierra Naturalisimo La Bella Italia con chef propietario Angelo, Real de Guadalupe #4 La Pera Falafel, Maria de Ina Flores La Holaldra (pan) Zoomat [|ZooMAT a punto de cerrar el año con más de 400 mil visitas]

Tienda de Experiencias, Real de Guadalupe #40-A, +52 967 631 5732 https://www.facebook.com/TiendadeExperiencias

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Sumidero https://mobile.twitter.com/VelascoM_/status/803408740015738880

Ocosingo
http://www.ocosingo.gob.mx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocosingo

Lacanja Chansayab
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Toniná
http://impreso.milenio.com/node/8988047

[|Tuxtla Gutierrez]
http://www.tuxtla.gob.mx http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=151814492791 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tuxtla-Gutierrez-Mexico/Turismo-Tuxtla/10150150571605133 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuxtlagtz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuxtla_Guti%C3%A9rrez http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Tuxtla_Guti%C3%A9rrez http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuxtla_Guti%C3%A9rrez [|Jaguares de Chiapas] [|Las Pichanchas] ([|Trip Advisor)]

Located next to the Garden of the Marimba Park, dedicated to promoting the history of this masterful instrument in the state, the types of marimbas and profiles of prominent families in this art. The **Marimba Museum** was inaugurated in March 2006. Open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-10pm.

Located in the ecological reserve "The Zapotal" and behind the Miguel Alvarez del Toro Zoo (Zoomat). The mission of the Museum of Science and Technology Chiapas is to present to children and adults, the technological functioning of modern scientific progress through interactive spaces, educational and fun. http://eepurl.com/gYz6f

Zinacantán
la palabra Zinacantán significa en náhuatl “Lugar de murciélagos”.

Academic Work
[|Conservacion y Desarrollo Comunitario en Laguna Miramar - Fernando Ocha y Ronald Nigh] [|Community Ecotourism and Organic Agriculture - Ronald Nigh and Fernando Ochoa] [|Tourism and regional development in Mexico and Chiapas after NAFTA - Axel Kersten] [|Turismo Alternativo en Chiapas - Ignacio March]

Coffee
http://fincahamburgo.com

Tourism
[|Casa del Pan] [|Mundo Chiapas] [|Chiapas State Tourism Office] [|Centro de Convenciones - Chiapas]

Social
[|Luna Maya]

Universities
[|Ecosur - Colegio de la Frontera Sur] http://www.unach.mx

Misc
[|Mexico on the Web: Chiapas - Ron Mader/Business Mexico]

25 de julio Día de San Cristóbal Mártir, la fiesta del Santo Patrono principal de San Cristóbal de Las Casas,

Transportation News
March 2010 - Continental Airlines announced that beginning June 9, 2010, it will offer twice-weekly flights between its Houston hub and Tuxtla Gutierrez, the airline's 30th Mexican destination, subject to government approval. Continental serves more destinations in Mexico from the United States than any other airline. ([|PR Newswire])

Maya (Lacandon) Bayo - Gracias - Thank you Mana - De nada - You're welcome

Misc

On May 26th the Lagunas de Montebello National Park, located in the area that connects the Central Highland region of Chiapas and the Gulf of Mexico’s coastal plain, was added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves during the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Program meeting.

UNESCO indicated that the special importance of this reserve lies in its location. This is a hydrological region of high biological diversity and is critically important for water harvesting and climate regulation. The karst landscape and more than 50 lagoons give the area its scenic beauty.

Local communities are involved in the management of the site's ecological resources. They practice a range of agricultural activities increasingly focusing on practices compatible with conservation such as organic coffee production. Reforestation and tourism also support sustainable development of the area.

The naming of this park as a biosphere reserve makes Mexico the country in Latin America and the Caribbean with the most number of registered protected areas- 39, just behind the United States and Russia.

Chamula
Chamula is located at 2,260 meters above sea level, this mountain community, just north of San Cristobal de Las Casas, is a world of frost and heavy wool. The Conquest brought word of the Lamb of God and of the salvation of souls, but it was the fleece of Spanish merino sheep that saved the bodies of the newly converted Chamulas. Cotton quilts and woven strips of rabbit fur warded off the chill, but sheep's wool – as much of novelty to the Maya as cotton was to the Spaniards – proved to be a far superior material for clothing.

Headlines
[|Educación Ambiental y Vivencial en el Ecoturismo] [|Agencias de viajes españolas excluyen a San Cristóbal de sus destinos turísticos] [|Revelan desastre ecológico en área natural protegida de Chiapas - Proceso]

Editing
[|Chiapas] [|Chiapas Waterfalls] [|Exploring Laguna Miramar] [|Exploring El Triunfo] [|Sumidero Canyon] [|Palenque] [|San Cristóbal de las Casas] [|Tuxtla Gutierrez]

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The last official press trip I took was to Chiapas probably ten years ago. We visited Agua Azul via a rafting trip and it was a nightmare -- http://www.planeta.com/planeta/00/0012chiapas.html I'm a big fan of rural travel in Mexico, but there is often a disconnect. Garbage abuts pristine nature in far too many places. My friend and Mexican guide Marlene Ehrenberg -- https://twitter.com/marehrenberg -- would be the first to criticize negligent behaviors, because the fact is visitors don't want to go back to places there are not kept clean. When the boat ride through the Sumidero Canyon floated past garbage, Marlene denounced the lack of care to the TV news and helped launch an effort to clean up the park. When you see such problems, talk about them and bring your readers or viewers into the conversation. But also seek out examples where the communities are reducing their trash, recycling and making their homes examples of responsible tourism which simply states that a good place to live is a good place to visit.

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Buzzword Bingo
Agua Azul - Bonampak - Chamula - **Chiapas** - Coleto - [|El Chichón] - Jovel - Maya - Jaguar - San Cristobal de las Casas - Palenque - Quetzal - Lacandon - Mangroves (Manglares) - Marimba - Maya - Montebello - Montes Azules - Parachicos - Pozol - Rio Grijalva - Sumidero - [|Tescalate] - Tejidos - Tonina - Tzotzil - Yaxchilan - Zoomat


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