Diseño de una Ruta Gastronómica, para la potenciación de los recursos gastronómicos de las parroquias urbanas del cantón Riobamba

Abstract

The Riobamba canton has tourist attractions of different types, which have been mostly identified and exploited to meet the needs of tourists, consolidate local tourism as a factor of economic development, improve the quality of life of the inhabitants and increase activity local tourist However, the tourist attraction generated by the traditional gastronomy of Riobamba, is a niche that has not been strengthened, therefore, sufficient and efficient tourism products have not been developed or consolidated around this topic, which is why the need to develop and propose a gastronomic route that articulates the main traditional local dishes, most popular traditional food trade establishments and complementary activities. The development of the aforementioned route has been carried out using documentary research, based on surveys whose results identify the most representative dishes of the traditional gastronomy of Riobamba; in the same way it is known that the most popular establishments of its sale to later articulate these points in the gastronomic route called El Sabor Riobambeño