Participation principle assessment in governance model tourist interest zones in Chile

Resumen

States and their governments permanently propose methodologies for their territorial management in tourism, one of them is the Tourist interest Zones which installs a governance model in those territories with a tourist vocation. The central objective of the research is to evaluate the participation principle in the governance model of 4 heterogeneous and distant territories that obtained the Zoit declaration. The research consists of a quantitative, exploratory, non-probabilistic study through the technique of convenience sampling, being Pica, Casablanca, Araucanía Lacustre, and Chelenko as the sample.

It is concluded that the Zoit located in the northern zone spend less time in the declaration process than those located in the southern zone, but the Zoit located in the southern zone are carried out by more people, which accounts for a more participatory governance.