Comparative Analysis Of Tourism Management In The National Parks Of Galapagos And Yasuni

The Galapagos National Park and the Yasuni National Park are of great importance at the level of world biodiversity,since it has varied plants and animals endemic to the areas that accompanied their landscapes have made them attractive means for tourism.Unfortunately,different actions within public policy have dismissed their interest and to a greater extent in the Yasuni,given that their tourist value has been neglected for a more dangerous one,the oil tanker.This research involves addressing the tourism management of the Galapagos and Yasuni national parks,which involved developing a comparative study with the application of the RAPPAM methodology,which allowed to evaluate the protected areas as well as implemented interviews with key people who provided relevant information from the study area.This study is presented in comparative tables detailing the general characteristics of each area,the demonstration between ecotourism and its protected areas,so it was possible to examine and establish the situation of them.Identifying some shortcomings in both national parks.Through the application of the methodology of Evaluation and Rapid Prioritization of Protected Areas Management(RAPPAM)it has been possible to determine the different incidence factors for both ecological spaces,establishing that a large part of tourism management depends on the objectives and planning of control of spaces by the central government and that since there is a budgetary reduction of economic resources for its management,illegal activities have increased and the reduction of infrastructure investment stagnating tourism dynamics,in addition to the Yasuni National Park,is currently addressed as space for other purposes that are not ecological,which,within the next 5 years could be devastating for the area and damage to the environment.This study demonstrates the importance of natural resources and wildlife for conservation,the potentiality of its products make it a little fragile for the multiples for the activities that humans develop,although it is considered as a great opportunity to generate economic development and social well-being but without leaving behind good conservation practices,recreation and environmental education.