National Tourist Guide Imbabura Y Carchi: a New
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NATIONAL TOURIST GUIDE IMBABURA Y CARCHI: A NEW ALTERNATIVE OF AGROTOURISM IN ECUADOR DEGREE INVESTIGATION TO GET THE PROFESSIONAL TITLE OF NATIONAL TOURISM GUIDE BY MYRIAM ELIZABETH BARONA MOREJÓN QUITO – ECUADOR OCTOBER 2016 NATIONAL TOURIST GUIDE IMBABURA Y CARCHI: A NEW ALTERNATIVE OF AGRO-TOURISM IN ECUADOR DEGREE WORK FOR OBTAINING THE PROFESSIONAL TITLE OF NATIONAL TOURIST GUIDE PROPONENT: MYRIAM ELIZABETH BARONA MOREJÓN QUITO – ECUADOR OCTOBER 2016 APPROVED BY: MR. SERGIO LASSO MR. PATRICIO RAZA TUTOR CAREER COORDINATOR MR. JUAN C. RIVERA MR. CESAR CACUANGO PROFESSIONAL GUIDE ENGLISH TEACHER GRATITUDE I want to say thanks to God, first and then life for all the difficult times, but especially for the opportunities that have changed my life. Thanks to my tutor Mr. Sergio Lasso for his guide with patience, dedication and wisdom. To Mr. Diego Torres Garzón, friend, coworker and roll model from whom I have learnt a lot. Thanks to the people who participated while I was making this Project, my mother, Friends who in-conditionally supported me in their own way, thanks for their advices, prays, good energy and time invested in me to get my aim. Last but not least, I want to thanks Ecuador for having “The Treasure of Our Fields” and that wonderful people that work in it to make them the muses of agro-tourism. i DEDICATORY Dedicate ALL my effort and work to my daughter, the happiness of my life “Amelia Alegría" for being my main pillar and inspiration to get my aim. ii INDEX 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................. 1 2. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 2 2.1. Agro-Tourism in Ecuador .............................................................................. 2 2.2. Agro-Tourism in Imbabura ........................................................................... 2 2.3. Agro-Tourism in Carchi ................................................................................. 2 3. DEFINITION ...................................................................................................... 4 4. JUSTIFICATION ............................................................................................... 4 5. OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................................... 5 5.1. General objective ............................................................................................. 5 5.2. Specific objectives............................................................................................ 5 6. METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................. 6 6.1. Attraction of the operational zone raising .................................................... 6 6.1.1. Touristic attraction of pichincha province ................................................... 6 6.1.1.1. Natural attraction........................................................................................ 6 6.1.1.2. Cultural attractions ..................................................................................... 7 6.1.2. Touristic attraction from imbabura province .............................................. 8 6.1.2.1. Natural attractions: ..................................................................................... 8 6.1.2.2. Cultural attractions ................................................................................... 10 6.1.3. Natural and cultural attraction from carchi .............................................. 13 6.1.3.1. Natural attractions .................................................................................... 13 6.1.3.2. Cultural attractions ................................................................................... 13 7. OPERATIONAL ITINERARY ....................................................................... 15 8. ROUTE OPTIONS ........................................................................................... 16 8.1. Option one ...................................................................................................... 16 8.2. Option two ..................................................................................................... 16 8.3. Option three ................................................................................................... 16 9. ITINERARY: .................................................................................................... 17 10. OPERATIONAL ITINERARY ....................................................................... 18 11. CONCLUSION .................................................................................................. 20 12. RECOMMENDATION .................................................................................... 21 13. BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................. 22 14. ANNEXES .......................................................................................................... 24 IMBABURA AND CARCHI: A NEW ALTERNATIVE OF AGRO- TOURISM IN ECUADOR 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Imbabura and Carchi are two provinces from the Ecuadorian Andean Region at the north of the zone, historically both have been very important to our country culture, customs, traditions and economy thanks to de indigenous cultures were there before the Spanish colonization as: Imbayas, Caranquis, Awas and finally Incas, who showed a developed agriculture system for the time, resource that helped to their survival and products with other cultures. It is very important to mention that now-a- days many indigenous cultures located in these provinces keep using the agriculture technique as their ancestors. We must highlight the way these communities have reinforced their resources until making them a tourism spotlight and this way they have kept alive the agriculture techniques, to trade products and the same way to increase their income. 1 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1. Agro-tourism in Ecuador As part of the Sustainable Tourism Development Strategy Plan to Ecuador by the 2020 (PLANDETUR 2020) agro-tourism will be one of the main and strength products which varieties include: farms, houses in the countryside and cultivated fields. Two main products highlight from the analysis: “Paseo de los sabores… Cacao, Banano, Café” (Flavor ride… Cocoa, Banano and Coffee) and “Ruta de las Flores, plantaciones de flores del Ecuador” 1 (Flower route, ecuadorian flower fields). Part of the final report of PLANDETUR says “ … Designed routes like Ruta del Cacao, Ruta del Café, Ruta del Banano and Ruta de las Flores will be reinforced and encouraged as the most important for their correct implementation. Farmers have a favorable Outlook to sell their products to visitors.” 2 2.2. Agro-tourism in Imbabura As far as PLANDETUR 2020 analysis says, Imbabura province isn’t considered as a settle offer in agro-turism, however, in the last years has had important changes that have opened offers to agro-tourism like the case of flower fields, organic coffee from Íntag, some communities and farms that show the process of cultivated fields of different products, besides offers complementary activities for tourists as lodgings, local food, guide hiking, horse riding, etc. 2.3. Agro-tourism in Carchi Carchi province, has not been developed as an area for agro-tourism, although it counts with ranches which sheep that have better genetic than other areas, huge sugar cane fields, different plantations of potatoes, flowers and fruits, all these can convert this province on a great exponent for agro-tourism. 1 jorgepaguay.wordpress.com. Cit., Estudio Agroturismo en Ecuador 2 jorgepaguay.wordpress.com. Cit., Estudio Agroturismo en Ecuador 2 In last years some groups have promoted some products in different areas of this province, is the case of Mira where the people of this place is elaborating some liqueur made from oranges of the zone. 3 3. DEFINITION Agro-tourism is tourism developed in rural areas where you can visit farms, fields and country houses of small and big production with the aim of knowing agriculture techniques that are used and different products farmers get from them. 4. JUSTIFICATION Agro-tourism in Imbabura and Carchi provinces has begun to develop in the last few years. It is a first-hand experience, with different practices of farming production that encourage cultural, social, environment and quality values. This way, visitors won’t take with them just the image from the place, also will get raw and processed products directly by their farmer. 4 5. OBJECTIVES 5.1. General objective To give a positive contribution to the people who develop these agro-tourism projects, to their local organization, incomes, knowledge, environment, etc., as the foundation of tourism development in Imbabura and Carchi provinces. 5.2. Specific objectives To promote tourism in places where agriculture practices and techniques are environment friendly. To put in knowledge agriculture practices, ancestral and modern. To become agriculture in an alternative economic resource for the different communities from Imbabura and Carchi provinces. 5 6. METHODOLOGY The methods, tools and techniques used for the design of this route are describe bellow: Maps of both provinces, Carchi and Imbabura, with this maps is possible to establish the zones, distances and attractions on the area, and with this mark a route. Books and traveling guides to research the areas where the agrotourism