The tourism sector expects to have a better occupancy than other holidays.
The Tungurahua tourism sector maintains expectations for this five-day holiday. Before the day of stoppages, the reserves were moving in the tourist destinations of the province.
Tour operators indicated that since September they began to receive reservations at the lodging sites and for this holiday a significant occupation was expected.
Yadira Escobar, Communication Chief of the Baños de Agua Santa Chamber of Tourism, assured that more and more tourists were arriving in the canton.
He commented that on the last holiday of October 9, the accommodation venues were at 100% of a capacity of 7,000 beds and even that people looked for spaces in houses that also offer this service.
Manabí offers artistic events, nature trails and beaches to try to attract tourists on this long holiday.
“The Baneño people live with great expectation in the face of the longest holiday that we are going to have, preparing in all respects, for which all tourist activities in the canton are 100% activated,” said Luis Silva, mayor of Baños de Agua Santa .
He assured that through the Cantonal Emergency Operations Committee (COE) controls are established, especially in bars and discos, so that the 75% capacity is met, as well as the opening hours until 01:00.
Like the mayor of Baños, Escobar said that it was expected to have 100% of the hotel capacity, although they warn that it will be impossible for a single family to stay five days in the face of the difficult economic situation of Ecuadorians.
The official of the Baños Tourism Chamber recalled that one of the most important holidays is that of the deceased. For this reason, the 600 tourist servers in the canton are prepared with biosafety protocols, in addition to highlighting that there are even more attractions in the mountains, such as Santa Rosa de Runtún and Las Antenas.
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Jonathan Guamán, in charge of the touristic place the Flight of the Condor in Runtún, commented that little by little more tourists arrive to enjoy the natural environment and extreme activities.
He said that for the giant swings, the tower, the hand of the Pachamama, the path of the goblins and the suspension bridge, all the security measures are in place that are supervised by the corresponding agencies.
Danilo Aróstegui, Tourism Coordinator of the provincial government of Tungurahua, commented that the previous year in the November holiday there was an occupancy of 60% of the tourist establishments in the province. This year the expectation was to win 100%.
He recalled that on September 27 the campaign “Live Tungurahua, your story is still here” was presented, which he warned has caused a lot of impact.
As an innovation, the tourist passport has, thus, service providers, in a joint effort with the municipalities, comply with the biosafety protocols and a post-pandemic training process.
He explained that of the 44 rural parishes of Tungurahua, the team under his charge toured 35 learning about new ventures. This jurisdiction has waterfalls, lagoons, viewpoints, agrotourism in Hipolongo, sport fishing in Quillán de Píllaro, as well as shopping for shirts in the Pasa parish, leather goods in Quisapincha, jeans and furniture in Pelileo.
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He pointed out that there are routes in the Andes, Patate canton, where you can find orchards and gastronomy, as well as the agrotourism of Montalvo or the community of Llangahua with thermal pools in Ambato.
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The Intendancy and Government of Tungurahua will be with 64 vigilant people so that the issues of schedules, capacity are met in accordance with the provisions of the national and cantonal COE and even protocols on the subject of COVID.
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