Diseño de un proyecto de desarrollo del turismo enteogénico en el cantón Baños como una alternativa de oferta turística para los visitantes nacionales y extranjeros

Abstract

The main objective of the research is to develop a proposal for entheogenic tourism in the canton Baños. By enteogénico tourism, it is defined to the visitors who want to discover through new methodologies the direct experience of the indigenous culture, discovering with the experience of the ancestral rituals using vegetal substances with curative and natural properties. This type of tourism with a direct link with experiences has a greater contribution to the local community, which allows the impact to have a multiplier effect in fields such as education, employment and health. On the other hand, it has been chosen to the city of Baños, because it is a city that has a strong incidence with the reception of national and foreign tourists, it is also the gateway to the Amazon, which is a suitable place for the development of tourism Entheogenic. The methodology used to carry out the research, focuses on the consultation of primary and secondary sources, under a descriptive work approach that uses a quantitative and documentary analysis. The main result is to propose a tourist route and a model for the promotion of enteogenic tourism that can be disseminated nationally and internationally.