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Diagnosis of the tourism potential of the municipality of Báguanos

Frank Luis Varona-Leyva, Leudis Orlando Vega-de la Cruz

Article ID: 1719
Vol 3, Issue 1, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/st.v3i1.1719

Received: 28 December 2021; Accepted: 20 January 2022; Available online: 14 February 2022; Issue release: 30 April 2022

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Tourism can become a strategy for local and regional development considering that tourism modes are increasingly expanding and adjusting to the needs of tourism consumers. The purpose of the research was oriented to diagnose the tourist potentialities of Báguanos municipality in Holguín province of Cuba, for the future implementation of a tourist development plan. The municipality and its potentialities for tourism development were characterized, the first two stages of the methodology used (Preparation and Diagnosis) were developed, it is concluded that Báguanos has a great amount of resources that are not being exploited and presents deficiencies in the management of the tourist infrastructure.

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diagnosis; tourism potentials; local development

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