Propuesta de creación de una ruta turística para potenciar Las Minas de El Salado de la parroquia Luis Cordero, del cantón Azogues

Abstract

The present project aims to create a route to promote one of the main tourist resources of the parish Luis Cordero that are the mines of "El Salado". The tourist resources of the parish have been analyzed and the urgent need to create safe, trustworthy and friendly places with the environment has been found. In the first chapter will begin with the investigation of the general data of the city of Azogues, which is the starting point to the parish Luis Cordero. Then the inventory of tourist attractions of both Azogues and the parish will be updated. In the second chapter, a tour of the Luis Cordero parish will be carried out, where its components such as the tourist plant, supply, demand, infrastructure and tourist supra-structure will be analyzed, complementary services that will finally be reflected in the SWOT analysis matrix. In the third chapter, a study will be carried out on the proper signaling in the mines of El Salado, according to the norms enforced in Ecuador. In the last chapter we will design a tourist route from the city of Azogues to the parish Luis Cordero, that will be presented to the authorities of the parish GAD Luis Cordero. Thanks to the tourist development of the country during the last years, new sources of employment can be generated, providing direct economic benefits to the population, demonstrating that people can improve their quality of life by getting involved in the creation and conservation of sustainable tourist destinations and sustainable.