Desarrollo de una guía de campo para el avistamiento de delfines en Puerto El Morro (Ecuador)

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ID5908826
AuthorsRicardo Villalba Briones (0000-0002-5577-1705, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral), Maria Vanesa Sanchez Crow (Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral), Kael Andre Sellan Moncayo
Year2020
Volume18
Issue5
Pages737-750
Publication date2020-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1695-7121 • E-ISSN: 1695-7121
PublisherUniversity of La Laguna (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.25145/j.pasos.2020.18.053
OpenAlexW3110715577
LanguageES
References cited4

The instructional guides for whale watching activities are didactic tools that support achieving the objectives of ecotourism, favoring the preparation of tourist guides. Providing guides with information that encourages the valuation and conservation of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus, locally known as "bufeos", the printed material strengthens the capabilities of the main link between the public and the dolphins; the tour guides of dolphin watching activities. Surveys of the clients and guides were conducted to determine the topics of the greatest interest to the tourist of the Mangrove Wildlife Refuge of El Morro and tourist guides were evaluated on guidance quality over related ecological topics. 76% of the users of the operators surveyed (N = 22) perceived the dolphin as the main tourist attraction against avian species and the mangrove ecosystem. The identified topics were selected to develop the handbook on Dolphin watching in Puerto El Morro

Archaeology · Ecotourism · Fishery · Geography · Mangrove · Nature tourism · Tourism · Tourist attraction · Marine animal studies overview

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