ANALYSIS OF DIFFICULTIES IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING BIOSE-CURITY PROTOCOLS FOR THE REOPENING OF TOURIST ESTABLISHMENTS IN TUNGURAHUA POST COVID-19

Abstract:

Since the pandemic presented in the year 2020 in the country, biosecurity protocols developed by the Ministry of Tourism were implemented in tourist establishments in the province of Tungurahua, where the difficulties in the process of implementing protocols for the prevention of Covid-19 infection in the facilities involved in the tourist activity were analyzed in order to safeguard the health and self-care of the different tourists or visitors. The type of research used was descriptive transversal and had a qualitative-quantitative approach with research techniques such as: bibliographic review, survey and interview. Information was gathered from the results of the observation cards (check list) applied by the Ministry of Tourism to tourist establishments and from the online questionnaire consisting of five questions where it was possible to know the percentage of application in the establishments of lodging, operation, food and beverages, tourist complexes, events and receptions, handicrafts and agrotourism; of which 69% consider the implementation of biosecurity protocols very effective; while 24% have not applied, in relation to the biosecurity measures the most difficult at the time of implementation was: counter with transparent acrylic, plastic or glass partition, adaptation of digital media, dressing area, temperature control devices and marked floor marking the distance. With these results, the importance of training the representatives of the establishments for the implementation of biosafety protocols is identified.

Año de publicación:

2022

Keywords:

• covid-19
• Biosafety
• Protocols
• tourist establishments

Fuente:

scopus