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Community Tourism in Yunguilla, Ecuador: Analysis from the Approach of Sustainable Development

Abstract:

In Yunguilla, in the northern part of Ecuador, a study of sustainable development has been conducted based on economic thinking and focused on the three conceptual dimensions, being economic, social and environmental. With this base, its scope was delimited and its drawbacks identified. We considered factors such as the availability of resources, the socioeconomic context, intergenerational equity, the recovery of forest areas, among others, presented by the community studied, through the organization, management and implementation of community tourism as an economic model of local development in rural areas of the country. Based on the performed analysis, the challenges and difficulties of the sustainability of community tourism in this community were determined, such as the lack of initial commitment of the inhabitants, insufficient state financing, lack of experience in community projects, difficulties in measuring the economic as well as social and environmental impact.