The article examines land as the central issue in peasant resistance to the Destination Île à Vache tourism megaproject in Haiti. It shows that the implementation of the project led to the dispossession of peasants through the destruction and appropriation of agricultural lands, forest areas, and homes. Rural families depend directly on land as their primary means of production and subsistence; its loss therefore threatened their survival and worsened already precarious living conditions.
Rather than improving living conditions as promised, the megaproject reinforced land injustices and deepened social inequalities. The study highlights how the land question became the core of peasant mobilization and illustrates how tourism megaprojects can generate displacement, dispossession, and impoverishment of local populations.
This publication contributes to critical debates on tourism, land rights, and social justice.