Community tourism as an economic source in the province of Guayas

Abstract

Community based tourism is presented as an alternative to the traditional tourist destinations, this form of tourism allows us greater contact with the community and get new experiences for travelers worldwide. The tourism consists of the trips and stays that made people in places other than their usual environment (at least for one night and a maximum of 365 days), for leisure, business or other reasons. If this is not done overnight, are considered to be hikers.

Community based tourism in the country is a tool to increase tourism, as an important resource to reduce poverty in the rural sectors, which have been benefited with natural goodness that man seeks to see, such as rivers, lagoons, mountains, waterfalls, animals, among others. This type of tourism has become a tool within Ecuador, because many places don't want to lose its natural environment and culture, there are tourists who are looking for a place where they can get in touch with nature. The communities must work together for the visit of the people to become very entertaining and return.

Geography and Nature in Ecuador have an enormous diversity of climates and landscapes, of flora and fauna, the human being and society that dwells in the midst of these wonders, have prospered in a richly varied set of cultures, languages, customs and worldviews, resulting in the country as an amalgam of many components, thus being an opportunity to share talents, skills and ways of life, and in so doing community-based tourism.