With an investment of 17.5 million dollars between 2024 and 2025, an ecolodge will be built on the Galapagos Islands, announced the Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries, Sonsoles García, after signing an investment agreement with the company that will be in charge of Galapagos Organic ( Organ) of the project.

This new ecolodge It will generate 84 direct jobs related to the development of the tourism sector from a sustainable perspective. The project will be developed in the municipality of Cerro Verde, in the parish of El Progreso, in the canton of San Cristóbal, where the construction and operation of a hotel with 35 typical residential units is planned. bungalows, according to ecological standards.

Daniel Noboa’s government signs its first investment contracts for 67.5 million dollars

Thus, according to the Ministry, tourism in the Galapagos Islands will be positioned as an economic activity that generates employment, has a positive effect on the preservation of the environment and promotes national economic development.

This is the fourth investment contract signed during the government of Daniel Noboa. On December 27, Minister García signed three contracts totaling $67.5 million that will create 1,665 jobs related to the aquaculture and manufacturing sectors in the provinces of Santa Elena, Guayas and Tungurahua.

“The signing of these three new investment agreements is the starting point for all the investment attraction that will be created with the New Ecuador,” the minister assured at the time.