El turismo en el contexto del ordenamiento territorial: diseño de una herramienta metodológica para su integración. Aplicación al caso cantón Cuenca

Abstract

This thesis aims to generate guidelines to determine the feasibility of implementing tourism in the Territory. These guidelines will prevent that the tourism activity is reduced to marketing projects, which cause an unnecessary use of economic resources. On Territorial Planning, tourism activities and development are considered in the "Plans - Programs and Projects", however, it has not previously been examined whether its application in a particular territorial space is feasible. The Tourism, as a potential activity latent in a territory strengthens investment and support for programs and projects of mobility, basic services, among others. This research allow decision-makers to realize that not all territories are adequate for tourism, and the implementation of this activity depends on its complementarity on exogenous resources such as basic infrastructure and well-functioning social system in order to pursue a goal of sustainability; creating intermediate phases that contribute to this integration. This thesis creates a methodology for this Tourism activity to be integrated from the outset and generate results that will define the pertinence of the presence or absence of tourism activity in a particular territory.