Inventario de atractivos turísticos del centro de turismo comunitario (CTC) “Kuya Llakta” en la comunidad de Caguanapamba del cantón El Tambo con la metodología del Ministerio de Turismo

Abstract

This intervention work is an inventory of tourist attractions of the Kuya Llakta enterprise in the community of Caguanapamba, applying the criteria established by the Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) in the document "Manual of Tourist Attractions", updated in 2018. This research is made up of three chapters: in the first part, an analysis is made of the main elements that make up the community of Caguanapamba: geographical location, history, sociocultural, environmental, economic, administrative and tourism aspects. This information has been collected through a literature review, interviews and direct observation. Secondly, the application of the MINTUR Tourist Attractions Manual document is carried out, divided into two parts; on the one hand, the Methodological Guide for the Hierarchy of Attractions and Generation of Tourist Spaces in Ecuador, which is a tool that allows identifying, classifying and technically assessing the attractions with the best conditions for the development of tourism activity; on the other hand, there is the Guide for the Survey of Tourist Attractions in Ecuador; therefore, following the guidelines of this information, 17 inventory files of tourist attractions in the community of Caguanapamba were drawn up. In the third and last part, the associativity and generation of tourist spaces is carried out according to the results of the inventory and finally, three tourist routes are proposed that include the natural and cultural attractions that were inventoried.