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Volunteer Tourism in Napo Province NATIONAL TOURISM GUIDE TOURISM OF VOLUNTEERISM IN NAPO PROVINCE BY NATALY GABRIELA ALBAN PINO QUITO – ECUADOR NOVEMBER 2014 VOLUNTEER TOURISM IN NAPO PROVINCE BY: NATALY GABRIELA ALBAN PINO CHECKED BY: Firma:____________________ Firma:____________________ Professional Guide Tutor Firma:____________________ Firma:___________________ English Teacher Carrere Coordinator GRATITUDE First of all I would like to thank God for allowing me to overcome my fears to complete this professional achievement, I thank my parents Patricia and Fernando who have been my example and my support in my development as a person, I thank the UCT University and my teachers for all the knowledge imparted. And I thank my boyfriend Cristopher Valencia who motivates me every day to be better and to overcome any obstacles that comes in my life. DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to the most important people in my life, my parents, my sisters, my nephew and the loves of my life My son Julian and my boyfriend Cristopher, I share this achievement with them. INDEX i. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 ii. INTRODUCTION 3 iii. TOPIC DEFINITION AND JUSTIFICATION 4 iv. OBJECTIVES 4 v. METHODS 5 vi. ROUTES 6 vii. WEIGHTING ROUTE 7 viii. OPERATING ITINERARY 8 ix. OPERATING ITINERARY BUDGET 10 x. ATTRACTIONSRESEARCH 12 xi. WEIGHTING ATRACTION SAN CARLOS COMMUNITY 16 xii. WEIGHTING ATRACTION OPERATIVE TOUR 17 xiii. BIBLIOGRAPHY 27 TOURISM OF VOLUNTEERISMIN THE NAPO PROVINCE, ECUATORIAN RAIN FOREST xiv. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Nowadays, the tourism of volunteerism is a reality. Many people around the world have changed their opinion about trips. Many years ago, tourists preferred traveling with other purposes but now things are changing. The difference between both traditional tourism and tourism of volunteerism is that itcreates an alternative in order to help peoplewho have opportunities tolearn about a new culture and live together with a“Kichwa” family that lives in contact with the environment. In recent years, more people are deciding to take part in this type of tourism sincethey consider that it is a different way to visit a new place and the tourist can exchange both experiences and lifestyle with the community where they are visiting. Another important thing that motivates this kind of trip is that the tourists want to help save the environment. But what does solidary tourism mean? This type of tourism has an important motivation, the solidarity with the environment and the community. Nowadays, in Ecuador this new typology trend in tourism is used as the main motivation for travelers who want to visit Ecuador especially in the rainforest. Many people around the world are interested to come to Ecuador and live a different experience, exchanging their cultural differences and workingtogether in order to foster the touristic projects indifferent communities in the Ecuadorian Rainforest. These tourists work like a freelance, the most important remuneration is not money but the satisfaction of knowing that they are working for both saving the environment and helping the communities. The Ecuadorian Amazon presents the opportunity to do thistourism of volunteerism, thanks to the initiative of the different indigenous communities.These projects have a great success on the tourists who visit Ecuador and find the chance to share an important experience for their lives. The province of Napo is one of the most representative places in Ecuador where both the national and foreign tourists canwork together with the communities and find the chance to meet new cultures and traditions of people who live there. Working together to improve both the living conditions of the communities and the environment is the main motivation and expectation of the trip. Ecuadorian rainforest offers travelers this unique opportunity to have a new experience to live more sustainably, creating a mixture among nature, culture, community work, touristic development and the experience of living with people of other communities. xv. INTRODUCTION The Amazon region is considered to be the lung of the world. In 2011, it was declared one of the seven natural wonders of the world. It is considered one of the places where a great amount of biodiversity inhabits in the world.The tourism of volunteerism is an alternative that allows both the national and foreign tourists to bedirectly linked with the nature, the environment and the community.It is interesting to see that in the province of Napo, this alternative is drawing the tourists’ attention when they visit the rainforest. The main motivation is to help and perform a good action for the conservation of the environment and surrounding communities. The tourism of volunteerism is born as a new alternative in the community tourism. Small rural communities share their homes with tourists so that they can live with them and as a result, they can learn part of their local lifestyle and their ancestral knowledge. The idea of tourismof volunteerism is that the tourist can enjoy both this new opportunity andthe experience of living with a “Kichwa” family knowingtheir daily activities. Also, they learn habits which they can use, to work directly on the needs of the community and also to help in the formation or the training for members of the community.For instance, tourists can teach English to the community. Thanks to this alternative,travelers can have more contact with people, knowing the customs and the way of life of these communities.People of these communities canbecome native guides in the future and the profit generatedit is used to invest in community projects. Near TenaCanton, you can find several community projects that are implementing this new alternative. The “Ricancie” project is one of them. People living there are interested in providing a different experience to the tourists who visit them, coexisting with the community, preserving the environment, giving support to thecommunity projects and enjoying the nature and cultural attractions that are part of the touristicoffer thateach community gives to the visitors. xvi. TOPIC DEFINITION AND JUSTIFICATION It is a research project to determine the importance and development of the tourism of volunteerism in “Kichwa” communities of Tena in the province of Napo, living with the community and having a cultural exchange and environmental support. xvii. OBJECTIVES: • GENERAL OBJECTIVE.- • To research the development of tourism of volunteerism in communities near Tena canton in the province of Napo and to know the different touristic attractions, costumes and traditions of the “Kichwa” nationality. • SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES.- • To live with the community during a weekend and to have a cultural exchange, learning about their culture. • To know the initiative of the community to develop itself in the tourism field and how the volunteers benefit from this activity. • To discover the cultural and natural attractions that the community has. • To makecomplementary activities at the service of the community, linking directly with the needs of it. xviii. METHODS The main method of research of this thesis is to gather field information, make several visits identifying different touristic potentials that have relationships with the activity ofvolunteerism. Making interviews and visits to communities that work with this kind oftourismin the province of Napo. TECHNIQUES As main technique usedfor the development of the thesis was the dialogue and interview with the communities and visits to travel agencies that run these business in Tena canton. xix. ROUTES 1. ROUTE QUITO - BAEZA- TENA: Take the Panamericana Highway located northeast of Quito. Continuing the journey, enjoy the beautiful landscapes of the moorlands of Cayambe-Coca National Park, Antisana Ecological Reserve, and several waterfalls.Following the route, you can observe the Papallacta lake, also visit Papallacta town which is a famous place for its medicinal hot springs. Later, pass the city of Baeza. On the way, small villages like Tena, Cosanga,Cotundo, Archidona had to be passed to reach the City of Tena. Approximate travel time: about 4h30 2. ROUTE QUITO – BAÑOS- PUYO- TENA: Take the road from Quito towards the south. Visit the town of Sangolqui, also take a look at the Hummingbird and Corn monuments. Continuing with the journey, visit Pasochoa Wildlife Refuge, villages like Aloag, Machachi, Cotopaxi National Park, Yambo Lake, the city of Ambato in the province of Tungurahua, Pelileo and the city of Baños. Later, find the entrance to Rainforest Region and visit the city of Puyo, and finally arrive to the city of Tena. Approximate travel time: about 6h30 3. ROUTE QUITO- CANGAGUA- OYACACHI: Take the route from Quito to the east, visit Tumbaco parish, also visit the Quinche parish that has the main attraction “La iglesia de nuestra señora del Quinche”. Following your tour, visit the “Guachala” parish in Cayambe canton inwhich its main attraction is the “Hacienda Guachala” where the first French Geodesic mission stayed. Then, visit the “Cangahua” parish located in the southeast of the Cayambe canton. Along the way, you can appreciate beautiful moorland that has a specific flora and fauna, and finally, you reach the community of Oyacachi. Approximate travel time: about5h30 xx. WEIGHTING ROUTE: The north-west access is the fastest and most direct route to the Rainforest region. Take the route from Quito to Tena that takes about 4 hours and a half. The diversity of flora and fauna is considered to be ofgreat potential in the area thanks to the presence of some protected areas.
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