Adaptation of tourist carrying capacity for a museum of the city of Quito

Abstract

The managers and staff of the tourist sites face various challenges in their management: planning, operation, association with the community, visitor control, conservation, development of productive activities and sustainability of the place. The management of visitors is a primary aspect for the administration of the Yaku Park - Water Museum, hence the adaptation of the methodological process to determine the Tourism Carrying Capacity (TCC) was developed by using the methodology of Cifuentes published in 1984 and adapted in 1992, the studies of Faria in 1993, Bajaña in 1998, together with the guidelines proposed by Echamendi in 2001 and the National Subdirectorate of Museums of Chile in 2016. For this purpose, the mixed research approach was used, resulting in a set of guidelines and methodological reconciliations analyzed from the tourist guidance. The results generated guidelines to calculate the TCC improving the management of the visit, highlighting the flexibility for use in other cultural entities that have green and recreational areas or not. In conclusion, the TCC is a methodological instrument, dynamic and adaptable to the two dimensions of carrying capacity analyzed: physics and tourist psychology.