NATIONAL INTERCULTURAL FEDERATION OF COMMUNITY BASED TOURISM OF ECUADOR'

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NATIONAL INTERCULTURAL FEDERATION OF COMMUNITY
BASED TOURISM OF ECUADOR.

• Lic. Rodrigo Flores
• PRESIDENTE
• www.redturs.org
• www.uct.edu.ec/feptce
• tfeptce_at_hotmail.com
• giteruralcuicocha_at_yahoo.com
• Teléfono 593 6 2 916-313
• Móvil 094516652

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• For approximately 20 years, the indigenous
  nationalities of Ecuador have been searching for
  new alternatives in order to adapt to the new
  social and cultural changes in the society and
  also to face economic problems. For this reason
  new alternatives of community based tourism have
  been built according to their own cultural
  rationalities. The tourism activity has
  facilitated the possibility to improve the living
  conditions and create intercultural encounters.

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• In this way the development of community Tourism
• allows the communities to find their  own
  identity
• increases cultural development.
• keeps and preserves the collective memory, which
  contributes to social and economic strengthening
  and to sustainable  handling and preservation  of
  the environment.
• participates in daily and productive activities

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WHO ARE WE?

•  Nowadays FEPTCE has 57 members from all over
  the country, composed of different communities
  from the Amazon region, Andes region, and the
  Coast region.
• This is a way to show the diversity and the
  variety of culture  that exists in our country.

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Our Goals

•   To incorporate community tourism  into the
  political and public management  sector.
•   To create a legal  framework which allows the
  development of this activity.
• To generate and promote community experiences
  in the form of tourism packages at local,
  national and international level.
• To develop in way that considers and respects
  our own cosmo-vision as well as our social and
  economic particularities.
• To improve the way of life in the local
  communities which is based on sustainable
  management of natural and socio-cultural
  resources that  generate  direct benefits to the
  communities.

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Goals Continued

• To support the development of different
  productive initiatives  that complement community
  tourism.
•   To strengthen the communities socio and
  organizational structure.
• To promote the development of  cultural tourism
  that  allows the exchange of knowledge and
  experiences  between  the visitors and the
  communities.
• To contribute to the recognition and
  strengthening of the pluri-national and
  intercultural status of the Ecuadorian society.

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WHAT DO WE OFFER?

• A variety of alternatives according to the
  socio-cultural, geographic, natural and
  environmental diversity that is unique to our
  country.
• Activities like trekking and short or longs
  walks through tracks that allow tourists to
  experience the wonderful flora and fauna which is
  located in the highlands and in the humid
  tropical forest.
• Intercultural gatherings or meetings with the
  different cultures that live in Ecuador. The
  visitors will have the opportunity to get involve
  in the way of life of the communities getting
  knowledge of their ancestral wisdom, their social
  and traditional organization and their different
  processes of production. There is also the chance
  to participate in  daily and productive
  activities, which allow the visitors to know
  different techniques of the handmade work, to
  learn about their traditional  myths and 
  stories, to share their music, dances and parties
  as well as to have direct contact with the old
  and young people.  
• Traditional foods prepared with local products
  according to the region that you visit.

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• Elements of the community based Tourism
• Solidarity
• Economic opportunity
• Cultural interchange
• Sustainable management of natural resources
• Local participation
• Equal distribution of the benefits
• Maintenance and conservation of cultural ideals

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Geographic distribution of the Members of the
Federation
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The Strategic Vision of the Federation

• Our vision of tourism development is based on
  values such as solidarity, cooperation, respect
  for life, preservation and sustainable use of
  ecosystems and of their biological diversity.
  Therefore, we are against any type of tourism
  development in our lands which could become a
  burden for our people, our culture and the
  environment.

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Why did Community based Tourism Appear in
Ecuador!

• Because of
• Unequal benefits and the lack of direct benefits
• Lack of local participation
• External tour operators making money
• Looking for new kind of development alternatives.

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Aproximadamente el 65 de los visitantes es
extranjero y 35 nacional
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Capacitación, Mejoramiento de Infraestructura,
Promoción y Comercialización entre otros.
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RURAL TOURISM WITH INDIGENOUS IDENTITY AND
AGROBIODIVERSITY

• Cotacachi Farmer Organization UNORCAC, represents
  43 indigenous communities of Cotacachi and tries
  to improve the living conditions of the members,
  develops different programs and projects such as
  agroecological production systems, Natural
  Resources management, agrobiodiversity
  conservation, reforestation, Intercultural
  education, tourism as well as others

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• The Unorcac and 4 different indigenous
  communities created the community-based agency
  Runa Tupari Native Travel, which in Kichua
  means Meet indigenous people

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Community Lodge
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RURAL TOURISM A NEW ALTERNATIVE To DEVELOPMENT

• To involve actively and directly to the
  communities.
• To create sustainable development of tourism
  (economic,social,enviromental, cultural).
• To promote the direct participation of the local
  people
• To involve the traveller in an authentic and
  intercultural living experience.
• To find mutual respect and learning.
• To avoid out-migration of local people.
• To generate new kinds of jobs and extra incomes
  for local people

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COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM

• Establishment of the Tour Operator Agency.
• Construction of Rural Lodges
• Training Programs for the Communities, Guides and
  Families.
• Create touristic products
• National and International Marketing Promotion
• Establish a net work betwen community based
  tourism projects

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ACHIEVEMENTS

• Constitution of Runa Tupari
• 12 Lodges Operating and offering the service in
  for diferent villages.
• 26 Guides with graduaded and reconized by
  Tourism Ministry and Enviromental Ministry
• Participation in 5 national and International
  Tourism Fairs

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• More Achievements

• Create of 100 different jobs
• Creation of economic benefits for the villages.
• Create the program of agro-ecotourism focusing on
• Andean native crop conservation

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Huertos Familiares
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Convivencia Intercultural
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Trabajo en el campo
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DESTINO
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ALOJAMIENTO RUNA TUPARI
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ENCUESTA DE CALIFICACION
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RULES OF THE HOUSE

• Code of Conduct
• We are happy to receive you in our community and
  want to share our culture and daily life. We wish
  you a pleasant visit and have established a code
  of conduct that ensures harmonious relationships
  between the hosts and the visitors.
• If you want to participate in the family
  activities, ask us and we will be please to
  attend your wish.
• Be courteous in your comments and questions
  about the lifestyle of the family, the
  communities have their own traditions and
  principles.
• If you want to take pictures or film members of
  the family or community, ask them first for
  authorisation.
• The community is working on an environmental
  conservation and educational program please do
  not leave residues, show the right example by
  collaborating.
• Help us save water and energy, which are
  precious for you and for us.
• Do not make promises that you cannot hold (such
  as sending photos)
• Get used to greeting anyone saying Buenos días
  or Buenas Tardes.
• Do not give sweets or money to children. We do
  not want them to become beggars. If you want to
  make a donation, give it to their parents, and if
  you want to help the community or the school,
  give your contribution to the leaders who will
  know how to use it adequately.
• Avoid demonstrating your love with your
  husband/wife.
• Tips are a good way to thank your hosts for the
  services enjoyed during your stay, but it is not
  mandatory.

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Participacion en las actividades de la Familia
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Alojamiento en las comunidades
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Crianza de Cuyes
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Lago Cuicocha
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Laguna de Mojanda
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Andinismo al Volcan Cotacachi
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Booking information and Address

• Runa Tupari central office is located in Sucre
  and Quiroga, in front of Ponchos Plaza, Otavalo
  (Ecuador). For further information, please
  contact us Phone number (593) 62-925
  985E-mail address nativetravel_at_runatupari.comVi
  sit our website www.runatupari.com

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