TOURISM

Tourism is defined as the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places

outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure,
business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated
from within the place visited.

Tourism, the act and process of spending time away from home in pursuit of
recreation, relaxation, and pleasure, while making use of the commercial
provision of services. As such, tourism is a product of modern social
arrangements.

The Origins Of Tourism

By the early 21st century, international tourism had become one of the world’s
most important economic activities, and its impact was becoming increasingly
apparent from the Arctic to Antarctica. The history of tourism is therefore of
great interest and importance. That history begins long before the coinage of the
word tourist at the end of the 18th century. In the Western tradition, organized
travel with supporting infrastructure, sightseeing, and an emphasis on essential
destinations and experiences can be found in ancient Greece and Rome, which
can lay claim to the origins of both “heritage tourism” (aimed at the celebration
and appreciation of historic sites of recognized cultural importance) and beach
resorts. The Seven Wonders of the World became tourist sites for Greeks and
Romans.

1.- After read the Paragraphs answer the questions according to the
contents

a. Where, how and when did the History of Tourism begin?

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b. How do you define Tourism? Try to make a proper opinion taking words of the
two concepts you have in this page?
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HISTORICAL SYNTHESIS OF THE PROVINCE OF MANABI

In what today is Manabí in pre- Colombian times were inhabited by aboriginal

civilization that integrated a human mass divided into dominions: The kingdom of the
Caras, and the kingdom of the Mantas.
During the Spanish colonialism, in the first haft of the XVIII century, the area of the old
kingdom of the Caras, which are currently El Carmen, Chone, Sucre, Pedernales, Jama,
San Vicente, Bolivar,Tosagua, Junín , and Pichincha, became jurisdiction of the
Government of Esmeraldas, which was governed by the wise Pedro Vicente
Maldonado. And the area of the old kingdom of Manta that colonists called tenure of
Portoviejo which is currently Portoviejo, Rocafuerte, Montecriste, Jaramijó, Manta,
Santa Ana, 24 de Mayo, Olmedo, Jipijapa, Paján, and Puerto López were part of the
Government of Guayaquil.
The political administrative creation of our Province was conceived when the Congress
of Bogotá, presided by the General Paula Santander’s Francisco, promulgated the First
Law of Territorial Division on June 25, 1828, which granted the province to be
denominated MANABI. This law, dismembering the territory of Portoviejo, added a
third Canton, Jipijapa, designated a Governing body in the form of public
administration, which placed Manabí on an equal base with province of Guayas. It also
named San Gregorio of Portoviejo its Capital City.
From June 25, 1824 during the time of Great Colombia and up until the beginning of
the creation of the Republic of Ecuador in 1830, there has been created in Manabí
Twenty three Cantons with their pertinent Municipal town councils.

Source: Consultation done through the Historical and Chronological Documents of the republic of
Ecuador and of the province of Manabí

c. Who was the Governor of the Jurisdiction of Esmeraldas during the Spanish colonialism?

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d. When was conceived the political administrative creation of our Province?

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 e. Who were the inhabitants of our Province in Pre-Colombian times?

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THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME MANABI

During a lot of time there was a mistaken version regarding the origin of the name of
Manabí. It is attributed to Quichua Language which means earth without water. Later
the true version was provided by the Cronista de Indias Pedro Cieza de León in his titled
book the Chronicle of Perú, published in Spain in the year 1553. In the 26 th chapter, he
confirms that the name Manabí was the name of an aboriginal tribe that inhabited
these regions at the time of the arrival of the first conquerors of these lands, some of
whose names have lasted until the present. The version of Cieza , who traveled the
territories of the current northern part of South America, from the year 1535 to 1552,
with Pizarro, Benalcazar, Cáceres and other conquerors, visited the main villages where
the natives worked and lived in. These villages were called Passaos, Xaramixo,
Pimpamguase, Peclansemeque, and the Valley of Xagua, Manabi, Xaraguaca and some
others that were not counted as part of the main villages. It is therefore the tribe of
Manabí, which comes from Cacique’s name that name this province, as well as the
habit in those times.

GREETINGS TO OUR VISITORS

Manabí is the perfect tourist destination for tours of nature and paradisiacal
landscapes. It has mystical places of singular charm that are almost impossible to
find in our modern world today.
The natural beauty of Manabí is incomparable, its people kindness, its spectacular
gastronomy, extensive beaches, and a fascinating historical and archaeological
wealth are transformed into the ideal place for a dream vacation.
Not only we can say that Manabí has wide and spectacular beaches, but also a
sustainable tourism directed to the farms and ecological recreations, some
controlled by the state and other privately owned, with considerable quantity of
spas of sweet water and cascades that bath the beautiful interior mountains, all of
them form part of this wonderful mixture of life and nature called Manabí.

f. What was the mistaken version of the origin of the name Manabi?
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g. Why do you think Manabí is an ideal destination for tourists?

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h. What did Pedro de Cieza confirm in his book?

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i. Who was Pedro de Cieza?

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j. What is the real and actual name of the capital of our Province?

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ECOTOURISM AND ADVENTURE TOURISM

Ecotourism sites can be found in almost all the cantons in the northern and central
province of Manabí, but without any doubt the most visited ones are the bathing
regions close to the river Portoviejo, entering Rocafuerte until arriving to the open sea.
This is where you will find the beaches of Crucita and San Jacinto. Also the rivers of
Tosagua, Bolivar, Junín, 24 de Mayo, Olmedo, Paján, Chone, Pichincha, Flavio Alfaro,
Pedernales, El Carmen, and La Concordia.

RIVER RIO MUCHACHO ORGANIC FARM

Under the slogan “Tourism for a better planet”, the organic Rio Muchacho Farm is a
Manabí destination that offers recreation and Education through the aspects of the
montubian culture. The adventure in nature and the systems integraded for the
practice of a responsible agriculture. Inside the mountains of the Canton San Vicente,
ten kilometers to the north of Canoa is located the center of agriculture-ecology and
ecotourism, occupying a transition area between the ecosystems of dry forest and
tropical humid forest.

CRUCITA
Crucita beach is one of the Manabí most favorite tourist destinations due to its
proximity to Portoviejo (less than haft an hour by car) you will find sea food restaurants
hostels and hotels. Also it is one of the best places in the world to fly in our famous
parapente. Greeting to our visitors.
Crucita and Canoa are the meeting point of the parapentistas and aladeltistas (hand
gliding, wind gliding) who enjoy the wind (always blowing in the same direction, every
day of the year, a privilege of this beautiful place) and the beautiful air views.

PORTOVIEJO
Portoviejo canton has a territorial extension of 967 square kilometers. The city of
Portoviejo is the Capital of the Manabitas. It is located in the center of the Manabí
Province. This place is considered to be privilege with regard to the geographical
location of the rest of the cantons in this region.
The canton has 321.800 inhabitants according to the last INEC census, 80 percent of
them live higher in the urban areas. It has seven rural Parishes whose names are:
Crucita, Rio Chico, Pueblo Nuevo, San Plácido, Alajuela, Chirijos, and Calderon.
Portoviejo is known as the City of the Reals Tamarinds, this name come from the
Tamarinds trees which were the most common trees that adorned this city, reason for
which the poets and singers were inspired by the city, in some fragments of these
inspirations “Inclita ciudad del Valle, hospitalaria cual ninguna, ciudad florida de
arrbales queridos”
“Inclita city of the Valley, friendly like no other, florid city of dear suburbs”.