Study and application of tourism indicators on tourism offer and demand by timing periods in the city of Cuenca – Ecuador

This study is based on the project "Analysis of indicators of sustainability and tourism competitiveness with an impact on the strategies of sustainable management, governance and public policies of the Cuenca canton", in which an analysis of variables in the tourist offer such as: availab...

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Autores: Serrano, Ana Lucía, Freire, Segundo, Villafuerte, Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Central del Ecuador
Repositorio:Revista Siembra
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistadigital.uce.edu.ec:article/1718
Acceso en línea:https://revistadigital.uce.edu.ec/index.php/SIEMBRA/article/view/1718
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Indicadores
Oferta
Demanda
Turistas y Hoteles
Cuenca
Indicators
Offer
Demand
Tourists and Hotels
Descripción
Sumario:This study is based on the project "Analysis of indicators of sustainability and tourism competitiveness with an impact on the strategies of sustainable management, governance and public policies of the Cuenca canton", in which an analysis of variables in the tourist offer such as: available places, nights of lodging, guest segment and hotel occupancy, while in the case of demand, indicators such as domestic and foreign visitors´ behavior, socio-demographic aspects, and most visited places are analyzed. It is proposed a descriptive quantitative methodology and a tool for the collection of information, surveys are designed according to the variables of the tourist offer and demand, obtaining in the offer indicator an average response of 95.2%, while in the demand one 46 variables are analyzed with 94.6% responses.