Community tourism (CT) constitutes a management model for tourism practice within communities, which was consolidated within Ecuador through the Plurinational Federation of Community Tourism of Ecuador (FEPTCE), with the Corporation for the Development of Community Tourism of Chimborazo (CORDTUCH) as the central network in the province of Chimborazo. This network, with 14 years of experience, has been committed to tourism as a mechanism for the diversification of the productive matrix of the peasant and indigenous communities that comprise it, integrating 1772 direct beneficiaries articulated in 10 CT organizations. Thus, they have managed to support actions related to land management, the equitable distribution of benefits, the valuation of natural and cultural heritage, and the organizational strengthening of communities. This support has contributed to the consolidation of “Alli Kawsay,” that is, working to achieve a full life for these human groups, generating an integral sustainability of their spaces, and contributing to the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from this other Andean perspective. The methodology employed focused on participatory action research (PAR), which allows for listening and obtaining information directly from key actors, recognizing the existence of knowledge that has not been published that corresponds to peoples’ ancestral knowledge. The aim of this research is to provide an overview of the current reality of CT within CORDTUCH, as well as the strengthening achieved in the community enterprises that comprise it. Among the main results achieved, it is highlighted that CT has become, for these communities, a tool of insurgency against extractive activities and the advance of the agricultural frontier that threatens these spaces, showing that the territories can be exploited under other approaches and through innovative proposals.
<p style="text-align: justify;">El problema que enfrenta la ciudad de Riobamba es la escasa información y un débil sistema de indicadores referente a políticas públicas turísticas y patrimoniales, por ello se propone identificar una serie de variables que contribuyan a generar sostenibilidad socio-económica en la ciudad.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">El trabajo propuesto se realizó a través del análisis de variables específicas como la concepción de política turística, cultural, patrimonial; la situación del turismo y el patrimonio en la ciudad; las relaciones y afectaciones entre los actores sociales, proyección y perspectivas de las políticas turísticas y patrimoniales existentes; fomentando el análisis, la opinión y la participación de diferentes involucrados los cuales se constituyen en actores sociales, escenarios turísticos, posibles metas y prioridades con las necesidades reales del desarrollo del turismo en Riobamba.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Amparados en estas premisas, la Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo y el Gobierno autónomo descentralizado de Riobamba desarrollan un proyecto de medición de indicadores que inciden en la gestión turística de Riobamba, con la participación conjunta de estudiantes, docentes, investigadores y técnicos en la ardua tarea de levantar una línea base de información sobre diferentes ámbitos de la sostenibilidad para descubrir los factores que intervienen en la sostenibilidad urbana del turismo a través de una análisis estadístico descriptico y poder analizar esta dinámica propiciando una serie de recomendaciones para las instituciones involucradas.</p> <p> </p>
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