Plan de interpretación del patrimonio de la parroquia Quimiag, cantón Riobamba, provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

The current research work proposes: Elaborating a Patrimonial Interpretation Plan for Quimiag parish, Riobamba canton, Chimborazo province. The research is made up of four stages, the first corresponds to a community self-diagnose of the parish which evidenced data of the current situation of Quimiag inhabitants, as well as the identification of six touchable settings and 44 cultural manifestations.; on the second stage, the evaluation of the patrimonial interpretative potential was developed, showing that there are 6 groups of cultural manifestations with high interpretative potential; on the third stage, the internal audience analysis was performed with students between 8 and 18 years old as well as adults older than 18.This was done in order to analyze the needs to be met, being necessary to offer a good transmission to generate interest in children and youngster to participate of the immaterial patrimony; a tourist analysis was also done, which shows they are interested in learning about ancestral wisdom and participating in the activity of environmental interpretation; the fourth stage is focused on problems analysis, its causes, effects and the programming framework of the plan, having 6 interpretative programs which will allow the conservation, protection and responsible use of the cultural and natural resources as the tourist development of the zone, a budget of $13.000,00 is considered which, with self-management, will be able to implement the complemented activities in a period of 3 years. The current Patrimonial Interpretation Plan for Quimiag should be considered as a tool to develop environmentally-friendly tourism.

Key words: Patrimonial interpretation – cultural manifestations – ancestral wisdom.