Eco-ethno Tourism in the District of Integrated Rancheria River Delta, La Guajira: An Option for Sustainable Environmental Management

Jimenez-Pitre Iris A,Molina-Bolivar Geomar,Munoz Estrada Miriam Rosiris

doi:10.17485/ijst/2018/v11i33/131155

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Objective: This research was conducted in the district of Integrated Management (DMI) Rancheria River delta in the city of Riohacha; the purpose was to analyse the contribution of eco-etnoturistica activity for the preservation and/or recovery of this important ecosystem and the Wayuu indigenous culture settled in this area. Materials and Methods: Taking into account the above facts were analyzed within the community of the delta of the River Rancheria, with the designing of an array FODA, where participants identified the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, strengths and threats to the community to organize and undertake new challenges to improve their quality of life and improve environmental quality, preserve the ecosystem of the DMI and their ancestral culture. Finding: The result is a tool of the management and planning of similar projects, promoting to strengthen the actions of conservation, use and sustainable management of biodiversity, mangroves, and the adaptive capacity of coastal communities settled in the area. We conducted a participatory diagnosis that examined the environmental and cultural features of the area, to define sustainability indicators and establish the true potential. Applications: described the tourism potential in the Rancheria River delta with all its potential through planning tools, socio-cultural organization, articulation-district government and community management of tourist space for the development and better management of resources provided by this ecosystem. Keywords: Ecotourism, Environmental Sustainability, Ethno-Tourism, Rancheria River Delta

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IntroductionEco-ethno Tourism in the District of Integrated Rancheria River Delta, La Guajira: An Option for Sustainable Environmental Management factors involved in order to enjoy the environmental goods of the present, conserving resources for the enjoyment of future generations, for what is considered to be the eco-ethnotourism an economic activity is closely related to the sustainable development of peoples and the conservation and preservation of natural resources, biodiversity, the quality of the environmental services, the cultural and ethnic identity
Ecotourism and ethnotourism is a duality of specialized tourism that is shared and lived in the same environment as in the case of La Guajira (Colombia), being a multiethnic and biologically diverse department will enjoy the eco and ethno in their ecosystems
With regard to the question, what key elements of the District of Integrated Management of the delta of the River Rancheria you consider important as ecotourism potential? (Figure 1) describes the results of the 100% of the interviewees, on that key element of the District of

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Eco-ethno Tourism in the District of Integrated Rancheria River Delta, La Guajira: An Option for Sustainable Environmental Management factors involved in order to enjoy the environmental goods of the present, conserving resources for the enjoyment of future generations, for what is considered to be the eco-ethnotourism an economic activity is closely related to the sustainable development of peoples and the conservation and preservation of natural resources, biodiversity, the quality of the environmental services, the cultural and ethnic identity. It is proposed that the eco-ethnotourism sustainable development in the district of Integrated Management (DIM) of the Rancheria River delta as an environmental management tool that contributes to preserve and protect environmental and cultural aspects of the protected area and improving the living conditions of local populations[3]. Clear case in the study population of the delta of the River Rancheria, since little has been written and researched, but we must recognize the investigations, studies and research conducted by the University of La Guajira, to go deep into the population of the delta of the River Rancheria, collecting data about the villagers, the ecosystem, the problems and characteristics, evidence taken in the bibliographic review of its publications, in the visits and interviews conducted in the study population[3]

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