Gastronomic resources of the Membrillal parish. Identification within the local and provincial culture

Abstract

Gastronomy is always a fundamental pillar for the recognition of a place; each place has its own characteristics where a tourist can identify either by its culture, reñigion, tradition or by what its inhabitants offer; this article is based on the linkage project: “Organization of the Territory based on Resources and Tourist Services, phase V” from which gastronomy is extracted as a resource of local identity, in this case of the parish Membrillal belonging to the canton Jipijapa; the article was guided by the following objective: To disseminate and promote the gastronomic resources of the Membrillal Parish; the methodology used was the descriptive, field and bibliographic that allowed access to data through the observation technique that allowed the identification of the gastronomic resources found in the mentioned parish; in the results it can be recognized that although certain resources are maintained others tend to disappear or be left aside for various motivations; The research gave conclusions that more research should be done regarding the gastronomic identity so that this is an attraction that should last over time; also the research is a door so that from the community, informative data can be established to enrich the canton in terms of tourist reference for local and foreign inhabitants or tourists.

Keywords: Diffusion, gastronomy, local identity, tourist resources.