Typological Characterization of Los Ríos Province, Ecuador, Hotel Industry

The general objective of this work is to typologically characterize Los Ríos province, Ecuador, hotel industry. Specifically, it focuses on the characteristics of location, size and category of hotels in Los Ríos. It starts on the following problem: What are the characteristics of the hotels in Los...

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Autores: Angamarca Izquierdo, Guillermo, Cruz Rosero, Edwin, Bucheli Espinoza, Javier, Martínez Medina, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo
Repositorio:Revista Ciencias Sociales y Económicas
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uteq.edu.ec:article/266
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uteq.edu.ec/index.php/csye/article/view/266
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:MARKETING DE SERVICIOS
MARKETING TURÍSTICO
HOTELERÍA
SERVICES MARKETING
TOURISM MARKETING
HOTEL INDUSTRY
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Sumario:The general objective of this work is to typologically characterize Los Ríos province, Ecuador, hotel industry. Specifically, it focuses on the characteristics of location, size and category of hotels in Los Ríos. It starts on the following problem: What are the characteristics of the hotels in Los Ríos, depending on their type: Location, size and category? For collection of information regarding to the typological characteristics of the hotels, a census is used, directed to the managers of the 39 hotel establishments of Los Ríos, registered in Tourism Ministry (MINTUR), Provincial Direction of Los Ríos: Quevedo (24), Babahoyo (7), Montalvo (2), Vinces (3), Baba (1), Valencia (2), Mocache (1) and Pueblo Viejo (1). The main research results indicate that 81% of the hotels in the province of Los Ríos registered in the MINTUR are of city location, 7% of nature, 12% are spa hotels. There were no airport hotels, beach hotels, apart hotels, tourist hostels or motels, in the technical sense of their classification. On the other hand, 100% of the hotels in the province of Los Rios province registered in the MINTUR belong to the small size class. The largest group of hotels (41%) of the province of Los Ríos province has the categorization of three stars. These hotels are widely used by business travelers.Keywords: Services Marketing, Tourism Marketing, Hotel Industry.