Efecto económico de la actividad turística de la provincia de Tungurahua

Abstract

Tourism activities originates economic benefits; among the main ones are: poverty reduction, entry of foreign exchange, employment generation and a better income distribution; however, however, there are few data available at the local level. For this reason, it has been considered to make a good measurement of the economic benefit that tourism causes in the province of Tungurahua, through one study focused on the income distribution and employment generated. These data allow us to have a vision about if tourism promotes more equitable income distribution in the population and how many jobs creates With a quantitative approach and using a poll to entrepreneurs engaged in tourism, it was possible to measure the income distribution. It was obtained that there is a better income distribution in the tourist sector of the consolidated zone of Tungurahua with a Gini coefficient of 0.403; lower than the coefficient of Ecuador in general. In Baños a coefficient of 0.425 was obtained and in Ambato one of 0.382. In addition, it was observed that the monthly income for tourism in high season is $ 2’626,332.36 dollars and in low season is $ 997,367.87 dollars; and it creates 2031 fixed jobs and 418 additional jobs in high season. It is proposed that promoting tourism, as a source of employment and development, will improve the standard of living of the inhabitants of Tungurahua; will create the jobs and will produce equality between the inhabitants, allowing a better equalization of opportunities.