Creación de una guía virtual turística gastronómica típica ancestral del cantón General Villamil Playas de la provincia del Guayas

Abstract

A tourist virtual gastronomy guide helps to simplify in an effective way the search of tourism and gastronomy information on the web, for promoting a destination and for knowing the local food deeply. The first part tried to settle down a well structured and descriptive way, of theoretical bases, that find the study for regarding the gastronomy issues and their relationship with tourism, that is to say, a journey throughout the history of gastronomy and human existence, have been made, from origins until the present., An emphasis has been made in cultural aspects to define gastronomy. In this way conceptualization of the food and tourism and the interdisciplinary relationship o them have been made.. Other relevant point that has been studied consists on exhibition of virtual tourist guides samples, its theoretical bases and importance. Later in chapter two methodological and basic procedures have been made, like: general and specific objectives, applied methodology and focus for tourist WebPages. Likewise, it was formulated the hypothesis of the investigation and the variables that orchestrate it; also, the universe and the sample considered to pick up and to analyze the information and the techniques in order to do that, was determined. In the third chapter general aspects of the General Villamil city was exposed, such as history, culture, tradition, geographical characteristics, socioeconomic aspect. The town with its coastal borders was analyzed, from the scope of tourism sector: main attractiveness, tourist activities, tourist facilities, without forgetting the population's economic activities. In chapter four, an introduction for elaboration of the food inventory was made, the central point made was the determination of it.. It was analyzed and summarized, the procedures that conforms the food and tourism inventories, of products, typical dishes and restaurants, with the gathered information the next point was to create the tourism and food virtual guide for the town