Programa de sensibilización y capacitación para el desarrollo de competencias de emprendimiento en turismo

Abstract

In order to foster the development of skills for entrepreneurship in tourism, an awareness and training program was created and carried out with the participation of children, young people and adults from the community of "El Perú", Tocópero municipality, Falcón state. A Participatory Action Research approach was used, which included workshops, an excursion called "Getting to know the Sierra de Falcón" and an exhibition of Entrepreneurship Projects developed by the community. After the training of 41 participants, 97% acquired between 75% and 100% of the knowledge on "Tourism". The participants highlighted the importance of tourism for the generation of employment, economic income, cultural exchanges and emancipation. They also identified the tourism potential of the community, highlighting the handicrafts, gastronomy, climate and vegetation of the locality as important sources for tourism entrepreneurship. In addition, they demonstrated a mastery of the contents on tourism entrepreneurship.