Propuesta de actividades turísticas sostenibles para fomentar el turismo comunitario y el turismo de aventura en el Mirador Mama Tepal de la parroquia rural Santa Ana, cantón Cuenca.

Abstract

Santa Ana is a rural parish in canton Cuenca, dating from before 1870. The Tepal community according to official data, was created in 1978, is located north of the parish between the communities of Toctepamba, El Salado and the Parish Center. The Mama Tepal Viewpoint is the attraction that is presented as the most important in the community, given its potential. The present work is presented as an opportunity to know the community in more detail, the viewpoint and the way of life of the residents. Therefore, it consists of a structure that allows the reader to make a general and particular analysis of the place of study. It has a qualitative methodology, makes use of the focus group, the interview, the sociogram and the collection of direct information through files, as the main data collection techniques. For data processing, the Atlas Ti tool is used. in its version 9. It is concluded that although there are tourism initiatives, they are very disperse and depend on particular initiatives, since there is no adequate social cohesion in the community. Addressing these shortcomings, a proposal for sustainable tourism activities is created that go after the local development of the Tepal community. Keywords: Community, sustainability, social cohesion, community tourism, local development.