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Revista Universidad y Sociedad
On-line version ISSN 2218-3620
Abstract
PALOMEQUE JARAMILLO, Jean Michel and LALANGUI RAMIREZ, Jessica Ivonne. PROPOSAL FOR A BANANA ROUTE BASED ON REGIONAL HISTORY. PROVINCE "EL ORO", ECUADOR. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2016, vol.8, n.3, pp.141-150. ISSN 2218-3620.
The research is aimed to design a tourist route, based on regional history of El Oro province, around Mussa sapienza sp., Cavendish variety (bananas), where this fruit one of the main export products of the country and the main export item during the period 1945 - 1960, known as the banana boom in Ecuador and the province of El Oro is one of the most important agricultural referents for the development of bananas. A documentary research has been done, from the perspective of the historical memory located in different literature sources and empirical method of interviews with banana stakeholders. It has been complemented by the respective geo-referential survey with Global Positioning System of sites, taking an image of Google Earth for plotting the route and considering the main elements for its design.
Keywords : Banana; tourist route; regional history.