Identificación de clúster gastronómicos manabitas con explicación histórica y su importancia turística.

Abstract

Gastronomic clusters are a grouping in which companies from the same region operate in similar lines of business, fostering the development of interdependencies and strengthening their competitive capabilities. In this context, this research arises based on the identification of manabitas gastronomic cluster with historical explanation and its tourist importance, emphasizing the cantons of Manta, Portoviejo and Rocafuerte. As such, a descriptive methodology is applied, methods such as inductive-deductive are also used. Likewise, a survey is applied to the inhabitants of the aforementioned cantons, and an interview with local actors of said destinations. During the data collection process,175 surveys are compiled, from the results itis observed that in the province of Manabí there is a gastronomic cluster, however, despite that, its activities have not achieved the expected development, this due to the lack of tourism management added to little allocation of resources to make improvements in infrastructure or basic services, to this is also added the scant promotion of tourism activities, among others. Based on the results obtained, it is possible to infer that the gastronomic clusters do contribute to the tourist growth of the province of Manabí since it provides guidelines for gastronomic activities to achieve their goals. In short local managers play an elementary role, they are in charge of looking after the interests of the locality and planning activities that create an environment conducive to the development of this practice.