Abstract

ESPINOSA, Denisse; HERRERA, Fernando; LAPO, Ángela  and  PEREZ, Luis. El potencial de Tena como destino de turismo de aventura. Siembra [online]. 2015, vol.2, n.1, pp.95-102. ISSN 2477-8850.  https://doi.org/10.29166/siembra.v2i1.1442.

The present article analyzed the adventure tourism which is offered at Tena, Ecuador and the Tourism who was coming to visit the prefecture of Napo, Ecuadorian Amazonia. The city of Tena has developed into a natural paradise and offered to tourism comfort and adventures activities which are looking for foreigner and citizens. In order to define the tourists’ characteristics at Tena, it has applied a survey to 100 national and foreigner tourists. In addition, the survey shows that a major spend goes to food and beverages, adventure sports and accommodation. The result of this investigation showed of 83% of national tourism and 17% of foreigner tourism, so that, this prefecture need to have a promotional plan to increase the number of international tourism.

Keywords : Ecuadorian Amazon; tourism demand; tourism destination; quality of life; Ecuador.

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