bachelorThesis
Análisis del empoderamiento y participación comunitaria en comunidades rurales que apuestan por el turismo como medio de desarrollo. caso estudio: comunidad Migüir. Azuay, Ecuador
Fecha
2022-11-22Autor
Medina Ulloa, Marilyn Elizabeth
Peñafiel Gordillo, Leslie Cynthia
Institución
Resumen
This study analyzes the factors of empowerment and community participation of
rural communities in sustainable development processes through tourism. It
starts from the needs of the communities to strengthen the factors of
empowerment and mechanisms of participation, considering that tourism has
become an important activity to achieve their income. However, it has certain
weaknesses in the redistribution of its income derived from problems linked to
social aspects. The project takes as a case study the community of Migüir
located in the buffer zone of the Cajas National Park which belongs to the
parish of Molleturo, canton Cuenca, province of Azuay in Ecuador. The
research approach is qualitative of exploratory scope. As a first point, a
mapping of the tourism actors will be carried out and semi-structured interviews
will be carried out with the main stakeholders of the community in question. The
study shows that the main limitation for empowerment is the lack of involvement
and support in communities by the public sector. In addition, it shows how
tourism activities tend to be downplayed in rural areas, making known the
complexity that exists when it comes to organization in tourism issues. It is also
made known how community participation could improve the organization
between actors, empowering communities that bet on tourism.
Keywords: tourism, empowerment, sustainable development, community
participation, Migüir Community