Tourist observatories: key institutions for the management of destinations
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
The objective of this work was to base through a diagnosis, the need and importance of a tourist observatory in the northern region of the province of Manabí, Ecuador. The research is of a mixed nature, with a descriptive exploratory approach. First, we sought to characterize the territory, identifying its tourist components. Using the bibliographic and documentary review technique, national and regional statistics on economy and tourism were analyzed, confirming that Manabí owns 10% of the country's accommodation and restaurant companies, whose main modality is sun and beach tourism; it was evidenced that the lodging offer is 6,176 beds. Subsequently, an analysis of the managers' perception of interest in the tourist observatory was carried out through 30 surveys applied in the 8 cantons studied; A descriptive statistical analysis was used using the Google forms tool and the statistical analysis software (SPSS) for its systematization. The study shows that 82.5% of those surveyed are interested in providing available information on supply and demand and 38.60% agree to help with the application of data collection instruments. It was possible to demonstrate the lack of information and the need for a tourist observatory for the use of updated and reliable data, promoting the proper management of destinations in the northern area of Manabí.
Downloads
Article Details
Copyright Notices Proposed by Creative Commons
Proposed policy for journals offering deferred open access
Those authors who have publications with this journal, accept the following terms:
1. The authors will retain their copyright and guarantee to the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to the Creative Commons Recognition License CC BY-NC 4.0 (Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International — CC BY-NC 4.0 ) hird parties to share the work provided that its author and its first publication is indicated this journal and no commercial use is made.
2. Authors may adopt other non-exclusive licensing agreements for the distribution of the published version of the work (e.g., deposit it in an institutional telematics file or publish it in a monographic volume) provided that the initial publication is indicated in this journal.
3. Authors are allowed and recommended to disseminate their work over the Internet (e.g. in institutional telematics files or on their website) before and during the submission process, which can produce interesting exchanges and increase citations of the published work. (See The effect of open access: http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html.