Actualización del catastro turístico del cantón Santa Isabel, provincia del Azuay

Abstract

This project entitled "Updating Tourism business Cadaster in Santa Isabel canton, Azuay province" has been developed with the purpose of contributing to the organization of the territory, besides the planning and decision making regarding the tourism industry. The tourism infrastructure in Santa Isabel is the combination of the various services necessary for the comfort of tourists, and therefore, they represent a fundamental element for the visitor's experience, an adequate control and management of the information will allow the progress and development of tourism industry in this area. The focus of the current intervention project, that is, the cadaster itself, and all the collected data, has been established according to the technical requirements established by various institutions, among others: The Ministry of Tourism and the municipality of Santa Isabel. The elaboration of the cadaster has been the result of bibliographic review, field visits and interviews that have permitted the accurate data collection and its subsequent processing.

As a result of the research, the canton has 86 business in operation, 20 are lodging, 65 are food and beverage establishments, and finally, one is a travel agency. All the data obtained was compared with the information provided by the Municipality of Santa Isabel and the data provided by the Ministry of Tourism, both online and in direct interview with their staff. From the analysis and comparison of these sources we inferred the shortcomings and successes of these entities in the management of the tourist cadaster.