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El Ecuador

With numerous attractive tourist areas which distinguish themselves by their varied culture and great biodiversity, among them: the Sierra (centre) and the Amazon region.

In this manual, you will find some information which will be useful to you in your career as well as for your personal enrichment/knowledge. The areas you will visit are characterized by the production of oil / wood, agriculture, and livestock in the Amazon region. The Sierra is known for its agriculture, its livestock and flower production.

Since 2001, the tourism industry represents the 4th place of incoming resources with an amount of 430 millions of dollars, after the export of oil, migrant remittances and banana. Between 1997 and 2001 the incoming tourism, increased by 3.6 %. The majority of the tourists come from USA, Europe (especially from Germany) and Latin America (mainly Colombians).

As for the local tourism industry, 24 % of the local tourists travel for pleasure / holidays, 62% for work / business. Regarding Ecotourism, Ecuador offers several options due to its great variety of environmental climate which generates an impressive diversity of habitat and types of vegetation. 920 tourist attractions have been registered, of which 520 are natural sites such as: Natural Parks, Jungle, Rivers and Lakes, Mountains
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QUITO

San Francisco de Quito is the Capital of the Republic, and the Capital of the Pinchincha Province.

The city of Quito counts 1´700.000 inhabitants.

Quito was created on 15th August 1534 by Diego de Almagro, The Act was signed on 28th August of the same year.

On 6Th December, there is the celebration of the Independence of Quito.

On 10th August 1809 The Independence of Ecuador was declared.

The Battle of Pichincha was fought on 24th May 1822 and 25th June 1824 The Province of Pichincha was created.

The Historical Centre also known as "The Shrine of Art in America" is the World Cultural Heritage and has various attractions.

Quito is one of those rare cities where the Colonial nuances contrast with the recent modern building. A place which has kept the enigmas of the ancient history, the magnificent heritage of the meeting of two worlds and the secrets of the mixed culture. Its Historical Centre is the largest and best looked after in Latin America, a real museum of 320 hectares.

For its physical beauty, its traditions, its mystic corners and its expressive legends it is considered as the “Shrine of Art in America”, characteristics for which Quito was the 1st city in the world to be declared WORLD CUTURAL HERITAGE by UNESCO.

Nowadays, the North of Quito is the financial centre of the city, its neighbourhoods are picturesque and the irregularity of the surface allows you to see outstanding mountain landscapes. You will find shopping centres, 1st class hotels, parks, golf clubs, outdoor spaces to do mountain sports, you will see spectacular shows and infrastructure to give you the greatest pleasure during your stay.

Its people are friendly and will welcome you with a smile.

1. INTERESTING SITES IN THE HISTORICAL CENTRE

1-1.- CARONDELET PALACE OR PRESIDENTIAL PALACE

is the head-office of the Government and the Palace was built in the XVIII – XIXth centuries by the Baron de Carondelet.

was the head office of the ancient Audience and now the Government‘s head office.

1.2.- MAIN SQUARE OR MONUMENT OF THE INDEPENDENCE

The main square is one of the most visited in Quito.
The set dates from XVI – XX centuries.

1.3.- SAN FRANCISCO SQUARE AND SET

San Francisco Square was previously an Indigenous market.
San Francisco Church dates from the XVI – XVIIth centuries
San Francisco Convent and Museum, XVII – XVIIIth centuries

1.3.1.- Cantuña’s Chapel

Its name comes from the story of Cantuña’s pact with the Devil in order to finish building the Chapel, XVII – XVIIIth centuries

1.4.- THE THREE MANUELAS’ HOUSE

The three Manuelas’ house dates from the XIXth century, was the house of the Mayor Andrade Marín, and pays tribute to Manuela Espejo, Manuela Cañizares and Manuela Sáenz.

2. MUSEUMS

2.1.- QUITO CITY MUSEUMS

The Council of Quito contribute with the Quito City Museum to the cultural development in the Historical Centre of Quito. The Museum shows the day to day life of the citizens. Apart from the different objects and art works of the normal exhibition, you will appreciate all the testimonials of the social daily life. With the regular changes of the exhibition, you will be able to get involved with the activities shown on the historical murals of the Misericordia de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo Hospital, today called San Juan de Dios Hospital.

2.2.- CENTRAL BANK MUSEUM

The central bank Museum opens its rooms specialised in Archaeology, Gold , Colonial Art, Art of the Republic and Contemporary as well as the temporary venues with Ecuadorian and universal Art, showing individual or group pieces of work.

2.3.- GUAYASAMÍN FOUNDATION MUSEUM

The Guayasamín Foundation Museum opens various rooms to the public: library, jewellery, Pre-Columbian / Colonial / Modern Art. Unique jewellery is exhibited as well as Pre-Columbian and Colonial Art from Ecuador. In the Modern Art room, various types of exhibitions are organised.

3. THE CABLE CARS

The cable cars are a way of transport consisting of cabins with capacity to carry a group of people. These cabins travelling in the air are carried by one or more cables. Most of these transportation methods are run by electricity.

The use lifts throughout the world in general, has spread since they safety and speed of communication between places with difficult access. These features will enable the development of important and famous tourist centres and the implementation of major works in the mountains. The reason for designing the cable cars was to have a cabin hanging in the air to serve as a bridge between a place of difficult access to the railway.

That's why one of the first cable cars was built in 1914 by the firm Van Rooll to give access to passenger to the railway in the city of Bern. In 1909 manufactured by the firm Tanfani and Caretti, comes the first cable car itself, with intermediate towers and cabin safety brake, able to ensure maximum safety to passengers, linking Lana with St. Virgil in Merano (Italy).

At the same time and encouraged by the success of this first trial, began studies for the Mont Blanc cable cars in the Alps, which had to be suspended during the war of 1914. Since its completion in 1918, and thanks to financial resources, a new initiative to develop transportation was born and also facilitated skiing. From here on, technical development can be considered extraordinary; some examples: the cable cars of Courchevel (France) with 16 places per cabin, the cabins crossing the Mississippi with 700 metres between the supporting towers, 109 metres high and with a capacity of 2,800 people per hour, true displays of modern technology, advance notice of new developments increasingly audacious and ambitious.

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