Propuesta ecoturística para la preservación del bosque alto andino y el páramo de Guerrero en Zipaquirá

Abstract

The present investigation is based on the ecotourism proposal to preserve the high Andean forest and the Guerrero páramo, where various factors are going to be identified, which have impeded the adequate tourism development in the place, also it is denoted that Zipaquirá’s territorial arrangement planning wants to have a better environmental and economic exploitation from these places. Following the previous idea, in the first instance, a detailed analysis was performed of the paramo’s current conditions which make possible the development of ecotourism activities. In the second instance, the Guerrero paramo’s potential was established to help shaping an ecotourism offer, for its realization, some research tools were proposed which gave a reliable and truthful diagnosis; whereby, as a start point, we started off with the realization of technical sheets for tourism inventory found at the place, also from the most representative fauna and flora of the site, at the same time, an interview was performed, created for the local tourist guide providers, its main objective was to identify the advantages and disadvantages of ecotourism at the páramo. On the other hand, a study was conducted to find out the potential demand interested in carrying out ecotourism activities in the páramo, for which a survey tool was used in order to determine the interested tourist profile willing to partake these ecotourism activities. By last, the ecotourism product was elaborated for the Guerrero páramo which contributes to its preservation.