Diseño de un Proyecto Ecoturístico para el sitio Visquije, Cantón Santa Ana, Provincia de Manabí, Año 2020 - 2021

Abstract

Abstract: Tourism is a basic and strategic sector of the economic development of the country because it contributes to the generation of foreign exchange income and generates new jobs, among other benefits. For this reason, the objective of this work is to propose an ecotourism project design for the Visquije site of Canton Santa Ana, Province of Manabí. A diagnosis of the sector was carried out and it was possible to know its tourism potential, using research techniques such as surveys of possible tourist for the area, and the investigation and interpretation of secondary data information taken from documentary, audiovisual and electronic sources, obtained in a large part of the official platforms of the Municipal GAD of the canton Santa Ana or similar and of Institutions such as the Ministery of Tourism, satellite account of the UNWTO at the ONU. The result was that 96 % of the respondents would be willing to attend an ecotourism *establishment such as the one in the proposed project, with comfort and entertainment requirements that are considered in the initial project proposal.