Análisis de los vínculos entre la gastronomía y la agroecología para la consecución de iniciativas de turismo sostenible en la ciudad de Cuenca, caso Ruta G

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the links between the gastronomy and agroecology for the achievement of sustainable tourism initiatives in the city of Cuenca, based on the Ruta G case. The investigation that has been developed has a qualitative approach of exploratory scope. First of all, a mapping of actors based on participatory methodologies was used to identify to the agroecological actors that are related to the gastronomic-tourist offer from the city. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews were carried out using a non-probabilistic sampling for convenience to public actors such as: the Ministry of Tourism and the Prefecture of Azuay and private as: Route G, Association of Agricultural Producers Yanuncay, restaurants and other associations agricultural production to explore the public and private links between agricultural production agroecology and the gastronomic offer of the city of Cuenca, and finally again semi-structured interviews were conducted to analyze the initiative Ruta G within the framework of the integration between gastronomy and agroecology through the sustainability of tourism in the city of Cuenca. It should be noted that the interviews were interpreted through a hermeneutic analysis forming semantic networks in Atlas Ti software. version 8. As a result, it was obtained that Route G was a prototype that linked the offer gastronomic and agroecological for the achievement of tourism initiatives sustainable, however, due to the short time that it operated its routes, it could not demonstrate the real impact it could generate. Therefore, if Route G reactivates its operations must execute some actions that seek sustainability to so that it serves as a model to implement or create similar projects. Keywords Agroecology, sustainable tourism, Ruta G, gastronomic route.