Caracterización socioeconómica para el desarrollo del ecoturismo en el sitio la tembladera de la parroquia Bellavista del cantón Santa Rosa

Abstract

In Ecuador, tourism is a fundamental part of the economy since it is the third largest income generating activity in the country. Ecotourism is an environmentally responsible form of tourism, which consists of traveling to or visiting natural areas respectively, ecotourism has generated a constant growth for its various tourism activities and can provide opportunities to other sectors globally, although it must be managed carefully as certain populations there are differences by the theme of nature and the proper management of its resources, ecotourism seeks to safeguard natural resources in the today so that future generations can enjoy and take advantage of it, while promoting social growth, cultural and economic development of the local population. The objective of this study is to elaborate the socioeconomic characterization of potential tourists for the development of ecotourism at the La Tembladera site in the Bellavista parish in the Santa Rosa canton. The methodology of this research is non-experimental and a questionnaire was applied to 500 people at random, the primary information, it was possible to collect information from people from different cantons of the province of El Oro, these data were processed in the statistical software SPSS in version 24, it was concluded that ecotourism is one of the forms little known in the province of El Oro and that provides many opportunities for entrepreneurship at the site the scrapie