Actualización del inventario de atractivos turísticos del cantón Gualaquiza, con la metodología del Ministerio de Turismo (2018)

Abstract

The present intervention work aims to the tourist attractions inventory update of the Gualaquiza canton in the province of Zamora Chinchipe, the work will be an essential tool for tourism planning, in addition to identifying the natural attractions and cultural manifestations that each parish in the canton has. This inventory will help the territorial planning of the space where the attraction and its population is located. The canton did not have an updated inventory, therefore, an agreement was made between the authors of this research and the Municipal GAD, for the elaboration of the intervention work, using the Methodology of the Ministry of Tourism (2018). In the first instance, the attractions were identified, then the information was gathered, as well as the weighting and hierarchy of the attractions; and the association and typification of tourist spaces was generated, through the Geographic Information System (GIS) tool and finally, the inventory of tourist attractions was socialized with the Department of Tourism of the Municipality GAD of Gualaquiza.