"Desarrollo en el sector eco-turístico en la provincia del centro de Boyacá"

Abstract

For the development of the present investigation in its preliminary phase, different parameters were taken into account which allow to show that: At world level since the mid-twentieth century the tourism industry has had an important value in the economic development of the regions involved in this sector, since through it a series of economic benefits are generated such as the generation of foreign exchange and social benefits such as the generation of employment and training (Peru, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, 2014). However, Colombia and specifically the department of Boyacá are not the exception; because due to the characteristics of its natural resources, landscape and strategic location, the department of Boyacá; It has a number of exceptional advantages; especially in this tourist segment that emphasizes ecology or ecotourism. In the department of Boyacá; the branch of tourism is being poorly focused and in the worst of cases its promotion is nil; The interest of this study is to make an analysis in the province of the center of the department of Boyacá oriented to ecotourism in order to have an effective tool from the business point of view; that determines the causes of the low development of this tourist segment in order to guide future entrepreneurs and tour operators according to (Vanegas montes, 2006)