CULTURE AND NATURE AS ELEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECOTOURISM IN MATAHUASI-CONCEPCION

Abstract

The ecoturism is like a feasible option for the conservation of cultural and natural patrimony of many regions and localities of the country that look for a sustainable balance. The traditional knowledge on agricultural technologies (ground handling, water, seeds, ecological floors), cattle, medicinal plants, gastronomy, music, dances, festivity, oral traditions. Which represent the alive culture of the town of Matahuasi district and are transmited from generation to generation can help to face the challenges of its survival in a constant change world as it is lived today. In Function to the cultural and natural resources in Matahuasi, it is possible to develope the following tourism forms: The senderism, the landscapes tourism, the flora and fauna observation, the recreation, the environmental education, agroturism, existential tourism and gastronomy.