Aplicación móvil usando Flutter para la difusión y promoción centralizada de la información cultural y turística del Cantón Tisaleo

Abstract

Tisaleo canton faces fragmentation in the dissemination of tourist and cultural information, where 68.75% of community representatives acknowledge that content does not come from official sources and 37.50% consider that cultural events occasionally achieve sufficient dissemination. This dispersion limits the recognition of cantonal heritage and reduces the impact of local tourism. The research focuses on developing a mobile application that centralizes and promotes the canton's cultural and tourist information. The research employed a mixed approach with field and bibliographic-documentary modality. Surveys were applied to 32 representatives from tourism sectors, interviews to 3 officials from the Municipal GAD, and direct observation of dissemination mechanisms. The findings reveal that 65.63% of visitors use mobile devices to search for tourist information and 62.50% prefer to receive notifications from applications. For development, the Kanban methodology was selected, implementing Clean Architecture in Flutter, backend in Laravel, MySQL database, and integration with Firebase for authentication and notifications. The application integrates two sections: the first for tourists with category navigation, an interactive map, reviews, and real-time notifications, while the second constitutes the administrative part, protected with two-factor authentication to manage content. The mobile application centralizes tourist and cultural information on a single platform, automatically synchronizing content between administrative management and the section for tourist users. This provides the Municipal GAD with an official tool that resolves information fragmentation, improving organized access to cantonal heritage