Plan de desarrollo de turismo comunitario para el Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado Parroquial de García Moreno, cantón Francisco de Orellana, provincia de Orellana, en el periodo 2017-2021

Abstract

The present research work Community Tourism Development Plan for the Autonomous Decentralized Parish Government of García Moreno, canton Francisco de Orellana, province of Orellana, aims to diagnose the situational status and potential of community tourism. For the development of the research, surveys were applied to the inhabitants and tourists where it was found that there is a predisposition of the inhabitants to elaborate a tourism development plan, and a situation analysis was carried out through the SWOT matrix, in which the strengths and weaknesses were established, as well as the internal factors that directly influence the performance of the parish ADG. As a result it could be determined that the parish does not have tourist packages, lacks coordination with public agencies that have competence in the tourism issue, does not have programs and research projects about tourism development, lacks access roads of third order, inadequate promotion of the tourist attractions of the parish. It concludes by saying that García Moreno parish has tourist attractions that have not been adequately fostered, so it requires the execution of a plan that allows to take advantage of tourism and heritage resources in such a way that it helps the sustainable development of tourism in the parish. For this important reason it is recommended to execute the present community tourism development plan in the García Moreno parish, in order to achieve the economic, social and cultural development of the population in general.