PARTICIPATION AS A BASE OF COMMUNITY TOURISM AND THE MANAGEMENT OF COMMON POOL RESOURCES. RITAKUWAS TRAIL, SIERRA NEVADA DE EL COCUY, GÜICÁN AND CHITA, BOYACÁ, COLOMBIA
PARTICIPATION AS A BASE OF COMMUNITY TOURISM AND THE MANAGEMENT OF COMMON POOL RESOURCES. RITAKUWAS TRAIL, SIERRA NEVADA DE EL COCUY, GÜICÁN AND CHITA, BOYACÁ, COLOMBIA
La participación como base del turismo comunitario y el manejo de los recursos de uso común. Sendero de Ritakuwas, Sierra Nevada de El Cocuy, Güicán y / o Chita. Boyacá, Colombia
Resumo: The main objective of this study was to analyze the trail that leads to Ritakuwa Blanco, mountain 5,330m, located in the Sierra Nevada de El Cocuy Güicán and / or Chita, as a common resource. Through this common resource tourist services have been established, giving different forms of participation by local rural communities. Therefore, is necessary a collective action by users, able to formulate agreements or self-government institutions towards sustainable use of the common resource, in order to avoid the tragedy of the commons. The decision of the tourism service to participate in the planning of ecotourism has been understood since the incentives and benefits that can receive as: strengthening collective action, greater autonomy and self-government for the sustainability of the trail, the formality tourism value chain and diversification of tourist attractions.