IMPORTANCIA DE LAS ACTIVIDADES DE CICLISMO COMO ATRACTIVO TURÍSTICO EN LA CIUDAD DE GUAYAQUIL

Abstract

The bicycle is a means of transport that in the past has been displaced by vehicles in cities, but is used as a sport to promote health. In Holland, most people have replaced the use of the vehicle based on petrol for the bike, so that the government of this area has designed bicycle paths that create a space within the city safe for cyclists. According to the website Holland America (2014) indicates that one of the attractions of the Netherlands is promoting cycling championships are held every year and whose routes connect between cities. In Guayaquil, there is now a bike path that has all the security checkpoints, however there is little respected by pedestrians in the area. In this research is to analyze the importance of the activities of cycling as a tourist attraction in the city of Guayaquil, mainly attracting tourists practicing cycling and looking for a quiet and safe place in which to move and at the same time competing as it does in the Netherlands. The use of surveys will take place in order to analyze and find out which are the main places to proceed with this activities.