CUENCAN GASTRONOMY FROM THE ANCESTRAL TO THE CONTEMPORARY AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE FOR LOCAL TOURISM

THIS RESEARCH SEEKS TO CARRY OUT AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESS OF INSERTION OF THE TOURISM FUNCTION INTO THE URBAN AND TERRITORIAL REALITY EXISTING IN CUENCA. IN THIS WAY, THE INTENT IS TO STUDY HOW TOURIST FLOWS INFLUENCE THE CONFIGURATION OF AREAS OF TOURISM CONCENTRATION AND SPECIALIZATION, WITH CERTAIN CONSEQUENCES SUCH AS MOBILITY PROBLEMS, EMERGENCE OF BUSINESSES FOCUSED FULLY ON TOURISM, ETC. AND HOW THIS MODIFIES THE CITY OF CUENCA ITSELF AND ITS DYNAMICS. TO CARRY OUT IT, THERE ARE TWO STAGES. A FIRST, WITH A STUDY OF THE PROFILE OF TOURISM DEMAND AT THE DESTINATION, WHICH INCLUDES THE ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT DEFINE THE VISITORS THAT CUENCA RECEIVES FROM QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE APPROACHES (SEE METHODOLOGICAL SECTION). NEXT, A SECOND STAGE, OF INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS, WOULD FOCUS ON DEFINING THE CONSEQUENCES GENERATED BY VISITORS IN CUENCA, FROM A SOCIOECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW, OBSERVING THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES WITH OTHER CASES FROM INTERNATIONAL STUDIES. IN THIS WAY A CLEAR IMAGE COULD BE OBTAINED OF THE TOURIST FUNCTION OF CUENCA AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE CITY. TOGETHER, THIS RESEARCH PROJECT WOULD ALLOW TO OPEN A LINE OF WORK THAT WOULD RELATE TOURISM AND TERRITORY AND WOULD GENERATE AN X-RAY OF TOURISM AND ITS IMPACT ON THE URBAN SPACE, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTINUED IN THE FUTURE TOWARDS NEW LINES OF RESEARCH (TOURISM MANAGEMENT POLICIES, DIVERSIFICATION OF FLOWS, ANALYSIS OF TOURISM BUSINESSES, ETC.). FROM THIS WORK, COMPARATIVE STUDIES COULD BE PROPOSED WITH OTHER HERITAGE CITIES IN ECUADOR OR LATIN AMERICA, THEMATIC WORKS ON TOURISM IN CUENCA AND PUBLICATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINES SPECIALIZED IN TOURISM (SUCH AS TOURISM NOTEBOOKS OR TOURISM GEOGRAPHIES).

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