Análisis territorial de la oferta turística de la parroquia Malacatos del cantón Loja, año 2018

Abstract

Abstract: With the purpose of knowing the current situation of the Malacatos parish, the present work allows to show the amount of existing tourist establishments that can be provided to the tourists that visit it, presenting these results through geographically referenced maps, in order to propose strategies of improvement. To collect the information, it was essential to collect bibliographic information and field work, for the georeferencing of each registered and non-registered tourist establishment, the main tool used to obtain UTM coordinates was the GPS application called Polaris Navigator, installed on an android cell phone, as well as a Garmin brand eTrex 20x GPS, this will proceed to make the corresponding maps in the ArcGis 10.3 program. With the information obtained, improvement strategies are proposed for the tourism and economic development of the parish, promoting it as an important destination of Loja.