ABSTRACT
The confinement resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has made it necessary to distance ourselves from others in order to avoid contagion. Thus, services directly related to tourism have adapted their offerings to consider such distancing, in hotels, restaurants and passenger ground transportation. An alternative in this context for safe transportation is air transportation, which is not offered in all provinces of Ecuador. The objective of this study is to determine the real conditions and trends of tourism demand in the city of Chimborazo, Ecuador, in order to strengthen criteria and guide sound decision making, ba-sed on the characterization of the infrastructure and operations of the airport located in the city of Riobamba. The empirical analytical method was applied, with multivariate statistical analysis regarding the existence of demand. It is concluded that the infrastructure has the conditions in terms of dimensions and space for the development of decolada and landing of air-planes, however, it is necessary to include infrastructure for the operation in sales of air tickets in counters of travel agencies or airlines, waiting rooms, supermarket and other facilities.
ABSTRACT
The aim of this work is to characterize the event organization service of the Amazonian city of Puyo in Ecuador, analyze its demand, considering the conditions that are currently required for the provision of this service, and draw alternatives in terms of public and health policies. that the needs of customers are adjusted in the new normality. A documentary descriptive cut methodology was used. The research methods of the study are mixed treatment which consists of the systematic integration of quantitative and qualitative methods in a single study in order to obtain a more complete “impression” of the phenomenon. It is concluded that the city of Puyo has establishments dedicated to the provision of the organization of formal and informal events and a significant percentage of citizens attend programs of all kinds annually. As a strategy, it is highlighted that from public policy the local server is valued, since for several important jobs providers from other provinces are used, and the local provider is ignored, as well as the regulation of the activities that these organizations offer. © 2022, University of Cienfuegos, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez. All rights reserved.