Usme Centro y Alfonso López: territorios locales barriales con vocación turística

Abstract

This work shows the results of the research on the tourism potential of the urban and rural territory of Bogotá, the result of different socio-cultural and historical dynamics. In these dynamics, the emergence of local neighborhood tourism scenarios is observed, taken as geosymbols by the community (Lombana, 2018). In search of understanding the practices of inhabitants and visitors who, located in the neighborhood territories with a recreational, cultural or economic intention, from the representative qualities identified in their daily life in the perspective of community tourism. The educational possibility of thinking about the neighborhood territory makes it more valuable for its inhabitants, who become transformers of it, recognizing the historical characteristics of phenomena and actors present in the territory, which contribute to address questions about the environment, showing broader perspectives of the territory (Castellanos, 2012 and Araya and Gonzales, 2011). This helps to understand the idea of the territory as a living classroom to integrate the community into an educational process, in which it is the protagonist and responsible for it. The research question is posed as: "How is the local neighborhood territory configured by the community of Usme Centro and Alfonso López based on scenarios of interest with tourist potential in the area?" with the objective of understanding that territory based on scenarios with tourist vocation expressed by the communities that inhabit it. Specifically, it seeks to characterize cultural, historical, social, and economic elements that show local neighborhood identity references, recognize local neighborhood scenarios made visible by the community with tourist potential, and produce cartographies locating the geosymbols found in the local neighborhood territory.