Diseño de un circuito de canyoning en la parroquia Ulba, cantón Baños de Agua Santa, provincia de Tungurahua.

Abstract

The present investigation proposes: to design a canyoning circuit for the Ulba parish, of the Baños de Agua Santa canton, Tungurahua province; through a methodological process based on primary and secondary information, which helped to validate and prioritize the tourist attractions that are on the routes called “Chamana” and “Río Blanco”, technically evaluating two basic elements: the conditions of the tourism system and regulation of adventure activities of MINTUR and the technical elements for the practice of adventure tourism in Ecuador. One of the important points was to determine goods and services of the two tourist routes that are in the sector, where each one of them was mapped and registered; In addition, it was necessary to apply surveys specifically to tourists who arrive at the travel agencies and the center of the canton and thus determine whether it is feasible to improve the routes, including points of visits and ventures for the joint benefit as the implementation of more adventure activities in the circuits made. Finally, 2 designs of the existing routes are proposed, which incorporate new ventures and visit points such as tasting of typical gastronomy, photography, observation of land birds and observation of plants, also, you can find shops of all kinds, which will help energize the local economy. From an environmental point of view, the project is viable, since it will not cause major environmental impacts, since the financial economic study determines that the tourist route is profitable, since it reaches an IRR of 17% compared to 10% on average that pays the money saving cooperative. A NPV of $ 75,475.52 and a cost-benefit ratio of $ 1.27, which indicates that for every dollar invested a profit of 0.27 cents is obtained.