Potencial turístico de la parroquia El Valle, del cantón Cuenca

Abstract

This monograph entitled “Touristic Potential of El Valle parish, Cuenca canton” represents the first information tool to develop touristic plans there. It contains a touristic resources inventory based on the methodology to touristic attractives made by Ministry of Tourism. The aim is to analyze the touristic potential in this territory that is to evaluate the importance of the resources and their capacity to motivate the foreigners’ visit. Moreover, it includes some touristic activities as a proposal to develop sustainable tourism. As a result of this research, it was possible to classify and appraise cultural and natural richness of El Valle parish. Furthermore, an external and internal analysis was made to analyze the current situation in the parish. The process to collect this information demanded some field trips and filling record cards. On the other hand, this project was developed because of the necessity to contribute to recover two Protected Natural Municipal Areas: Cochapamba 1, 2 and Maluay hill. They were called so by the Environmental Management Commission of the Cuenca government after some studies about flora and fauna in the parish in 2013. Through this research, a total of 17 touristic resources were detected and classified in two types: natural sites and cultural events. The former has 12 whereas the latter has 5 resources.