01111nas a2200145   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000800043100002500051245008400076300001000160490000700170520077400177022001400951       2015                            d  cdec1 aAlejandro de la Rosa00aImmaterial cultural elements patrimoniazation and local sustainable development  a15-290 v113 aTourism and heritage studies in Mexico are mainly focused on two major areas: specific ecological areas and historical edifications. However, in the last ten years they have proposed initiatives to consider the practices related to the state and federal levels immaterial. Until today there are seven elements in the UNESCO s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage belonging to Mexico. From conceptual review of the terms used to justify the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in international conventions of the past fifty years, it will reflect on the relationship between processed of patrimonialization and sustainable development projects, first from a general point of view about specific problems of application in Mexico for later review.  a1665-0441