Tourism potentiality analysis and tourist system of the Tendales Parish, Canton El Guabo, El Oro, Ecuador: Análisis de la potencialidad turística e interacción del sistema turístico de la parroquia Tendales, cantón El Guabo, El Oro, Ecuador

Tendales, is a parish of the canton El Guabo, province of El Oro, has a population of 5137 inhabitants in estimate of the 2010 census. Agriculture, livestock, fishing and tourism are the main economic activities prevailing in the parish. It has natural attractions, however it is unknown how the tour...

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Authors: Aponte Sócola, Cindy Julissa, Gálvez Vásquez, Joselyn Michelle, Calle Iñiguez, Melissa Paulina
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2020
Country:Ecuador
Institution:Revista Kalpana (UDET)
Repository:Revista Kalpana
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:publicaciones.udet.edu.ec:article/4
Online Access:https://publicaciones.udet.edu.ec/index.php/kalpana/article/view/4
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Sistema turístico
desarrollo turístico
diagnóstico local
potencialidad
Tourism Potential
Tourism System
tourism development
local diagnosis
potentiality
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Summary:Tendales, is a parish of the canton El Guabo, province of El Oro, has a population of 5137 inhabitants in estimate of the 2010 census. Agriculture, livestock, fishing and tourism are the main economic activities prevailing in the parish. It has natural attractions, however it is unknown how the tourism system interacts in the territory, which leads to having as its main objective: to analyze the internal elements of the tourist system, as well as determine the tourist potential of the attractions; through the application of the Methodological Guide for the hierarchy of attractions, detecting the strengths and weaknesses that condition tourism development. An investigation was carried out based on a descriptive method, through the use of primary and secondary sources, with a qualitative and quantitative approach; whose research instruments were direct observation, interviews and the Methodological Guide for the hierarchy of attractions, prepared by MINTUR. The results of this research reveal weaknesses in certain elements of the tourism system and in terms of the analysis of the tourism potential of the parish, it was determined that Bajo Alto is the attraction with the greatest potential, because it has the best facilities. While in the attractions "La Puntilla" and the "Isla de las aves" presented greater weaknesses that condition tourism; therefore, these weaknesses must be strengthened by working together, involving the community, service providers and the Decentralized Autonomous Government of the area.