Prototipo de una aplicación móvil con información centralizada de los recursos turísticos: Caso de uso de las parroquias A y B.

Abstract

Tourism plays a crucial role in economic growth and the development of local communities. As the world becomes more connected and technology advances, mobile applications have emerged as an indispensable tool in the tourism industry. These applications provide travelers with instant information and access to a wide range of services and tourist activities. In Ecuador, these applications focus on specific locations such as cities and towns, which forces tourists to install multiple applications that serve the same purpose: promoting tourist resources. This

fragmentation hinders the user experience and complicates the centralization of tourist informa- tion. Additionally, the lack of a comprehensive mobile application compels tourists to search

for information through official channels of each location, a tedious and inefficient process. Consequently, the decentralization of information and the limited promotion in rural areas pose challenges to the potential of tourism in these regions.Under this context, a prototype mobile application and a complementary web application have been developed with the objective of promoting and managing tourist resources in a centralized manner.