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Community-based tourism in Ecuador: Notes in times of pandemic

Lucia Loor Bravo, Nila Plaza Macias, Zoe Medina Valdes

Article ID: 2150
Vol 3, Issue 2, 2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected tourism activities. The economic and social consequences for countries dependent on this sector are serious. In Ecuador, tourism is important for development. The government proposes to reactivate it by promoting national tourism. This article aims to reflect on the challenges facing tourism activities in Ecuador, especially community tourism during the pandemic. The dialectical relationship between development dimensions is analyzed with the method of dialectical materialism, and it is applied to community tourism, overcoming the positivism that regards this activity as a source of income basically. Analysis and synthesis were applied to the literature review to draw generalizations. The findings highlight the importance of promoting conscious tourism related to sustainable human development and the good life. Identify the relationship between health and safety destinations. Develop community tourism and understand the characteristics of post-COVID-19 tourists. The conclusion is that there is a need to rethink the way tourism is conceived and developed. Community tourism must be analyzed in relation to the structural problems of the country. It must be sustainable and inclusive in all respects in order to be a factor in national development.

Keywords

sustainable tourism; community-based tourism; human development; social and economic effects; pandemic

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/st.v3i2.2150
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