Las lagunas de Ozogoche y el Qhapaq Ñan, patrimonios ecológicos y culturales de Achupallas, provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

The current investigation, result of the thesis entitled "Study of tourism potential ecological approach of the Achupallas ́s parish in the province of Chimborazo, as an alternative for improving the quality of life of its people," proposed and inquired two realities: first, the strengths naturals and cultural that exist in the zone of study to be preserved; and on the other side, the promotion of tourism having as a starting point to neighboring communities. In this way, the specific objectives were to register the five attractive tourist emblematic potential, also based on a referential theoretical framework and legal, to generate guidelines preservation, appreciation and diffusion of those heritage, and, finally, to encourage social actors involved in this scenario in the valuation of a pre-Hispanic cultural vestige as is the "Camino Real or Qhapaq Ñan", that conformed the road system of the Inca Empire