El turismo comunitario y su influencia dentro del desarrollo de la Comunidad Saraguro

Abstract

Community tourism can be an excellent alternative that allows merging the management and conservation of the environment, with economic benefits and equitable participation of the community, for this reason the objective of this study was to analyze the influence of community tourism on economic development, social and cultural of the Saraguro community. Although there are different instruments to collect the information, it should be considered that the survey is one of the most used instruments, but it is understood that there is a sampling theory that is generally associated with a sampling error, to use it ICTs were used as instruments for gathering information. Regarding the results obtained considering the main aspects of the study, economic, social and cultural development, it is mentioned that at an economic level, due to community tourism, it was positive in most cases, the social development of the community improved itself and although It is not so evident that the cultural identity of younger audiences can be affected. However, it is not so obvious since this community has its well-rooted cultural identity, although working to promote cultural identity should not be ruled out.