Taiguey Foundation "Workshop ecotourism guides with support from the Spanish Cooperation (AECI)

Section: Ecotourism Cienaga - Bahoruco , Various

Workshop ecotourism guides with support from the Spanish Cooperation (AECI)

May 26, 2008

24 and 25 May 2008 a workshop on ecotourism guides with support from the Spanish Cooperation (AECI) under the ecotourism project comuniatrio supported by the Spanish International Cooperation Agency (AECI). The aim of this workshop was ( a) to raise awareness to students of the importance of the ecotourism guide in the care of Environment and Tourism development in general (b) demonstrate the intimate relationship that saves the environment in our tourism offering and (c) create a vision sound of the importance of ecotourism guide because it has the mission to inform, direct and guide tourists from different points of view with emphasis on the care of nature.

PURPOSE

At the end of the introductory course ecotourism guide the student will be able to:

1. Understanding Ecotourism as an activity that meets the everyday aspects of tourism and how they involved in protecting natural and cultural resources.

2. Understanding the implications of Ideology Ecotourism in Tourism Activities and Company Financial all want to practice this philosophy.

3. Recognize the various protected areas of the country and have a general idea of the resources of existing tourist attraction in them.

4. Understanding the effects of human activities on the environment, such as water pollution, air and other contaminants.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

1. To introduce participants to the concept of sustainable development and the way in which protection and conservation are reconciled to it.

2. Recognizing that tourism and the environment are interdependent areas, and in fact, all tourism activity in which obviate the need for implementation of improvement programs, protection and conservation of the environment is doomed to failure, either in the short, medium or long term.

3. To determine the impacts of ecotourism on the natural causes that practice.

4. Analyze the various ways of delivering care services and tour guide, describing and linking the main functions and working procedures.

5. To develop the initiative, sense of responsibility, identity and professional maturity to improve the quality of work and motivate towards further training.

METHODOLOGY

The form of this course will be of theoretical and practical, using the concepts discussed in class to illustrate and better understand the activities in natural areas are these public such as national parks or private nature reserves.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item I
1.1 Origin of ecotourism.
1.2 The protected areas and their importance in the development of ecotourism
1.3 The zoning of protected areas

Item II
2.1 ecotourism trails
2.2 Classification of ecotourism trails
2.3 Criteria for design development and ecotourism trails.

Item III
3.1 The ecotourism guide
3.2 Qualities of a good guide to ecotourism
3.3 Know and skills that must have a guide to ecotourism
3.4 importance of ecotourism guide
3.5 Profile of ecotourism guide

Item IV
4.1 Structure of the explanation
4.2 Reason for explanation
4.3 The presentation
4.4 Source of information

Item V

5.1 Legal aspects of tourist guide in Dominican Republic
5.2 Business Tourism ecotourism IV Pole expanded

List of participants in the workshop Ecotourism Guides

	NAME
1	HAPPY HAPPY AURELINO
2	HAPPY DIGNORA PIMENTEL
3	EDUARD chose HAPPY GUEVARA
4	HAPPY ERINARDA MEDINA
5	HAPPY GELMANIA CUEVAS
6	MESA JORGE MENDEZ
7	POLANCO JOSE GUEVARA REMEDY
8	ESTHER LAURI GUEVARA
9	MORET MORICHEL VILLANUEVA
10	ANTONIO RAMON HAPPY SANTANA
11	SANTANA RAMON GUEVARA
12	HAPPY WALLS WIRKIN
13	ALEXI MEDINA JOSEFINA
14	MERRY CARLOS CESAR
15	DELSA FERRERAS MARIANO
16	JESSICA ANTONIA FERRERAS
17	MILDRED GUEVARA
18	JOSEPH A. SANTANA
19	Indira SANTANA
20	INGRID LEDESMA
21	Leanny LUCY ROMERO
22	Franquis LUÍS URBÁEZ
23	MATTHEW CARRASCO LIZANIA