New ways of territorial management, environmental and social tourism, as an economic engine facing out of the crisis.

Abstract

This paper presents a research about the privatization of a natural touristic resource and the impact on income distribution produced by ecotourism in a small community. The natural resource is located in the environmental corridor "Llanganates-Sangay" in Ecuador central area, where the large influx of tourists represents an opportunity for local development area. However, currently its two entrances are monopolized by the private sector. The case study focuses on one of the access, analyzing ecotourism activities around the natural resource and its economic income, concluding with a comparative analysis of the percentage of income corresponding to each sector in relation to the total.