REVIEW AND PROSPECTIVE VISION OF AVITURISM IN ECUADOR
The outstanding diversity of birdlife recorded for Ecuador is key to the developmentof a sustainable ornithological tourism that can support local communitiesand be environmentally friendly. Globally, birdwatching is an important branchof ecotourism known to benefit local communities within a framework of sustainability.Therefore, the aim of this article was to review the past and presentof the ornithology as well as birdwatching tourism in Ecuador, with the prospectiveview to protect the habitat of birds and to empower local communities via asustainable birdwatching tourism. The text includes (i) a detailed description offour principal birdwatching geographic routes which allows visitors from aroundthe world to observe endemic, migrant and rare birds in different ecosystems ofthe Pacific coastal lowlands and islands, the Amazonian region, and the Andeanhighlands and (ii) an upgrading of 2017 reports describing new bird sightings inEcuador. The term bird-trekking is proposed for the modality of half day to onedaybirdwatching walks along river beds, waterfalls and streams close to citieswithout professional guides or sophisticated equipment other than a GPS and adigital map.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | spa |
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Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas, Instituto de Turismo.
2020
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.uach.cl/index.php/gestur/article/view/6746 |
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