Villages of Tourist Interest and Marketing Through Internet Social Networks: the Case of Madruga, Cuba

Authors

  • Martha Omara Robert Beatón Decana Facultad de Turismo, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
  • Vasile Grama Associate Professor and researcher full time at University of Oradea https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0600-1138
  • María José Pérez González Facultad de Turismo, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
  • Maximiliano Korstanje Senior Researcher at the University of Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Victor Martínez Robert Licenciado en Turismo, Becario e Investigador. Facultad de Turismo, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7246604

Keywords:

Social of Network, Internet, Tourist Interested City, Health and Well-Being Tourism, Madruga, Cuba

Abstract

The social nets have become a fundamental working tool in the tourist sector. Their capacity to take the information to millions of people in question of seconds, they have returned them a half promotional of success in the one that not very well-known destinations have been able to obtain recognition and to grow inside the market. Before this impronta, the present investigation pursues as general objective the elaboration of a proposal of stocks for the use of the social nets of Internet, in the promotion of the historical-cultural and natural securities of he/she Gets up early, like town of tourist interest, focused fundamentally toward the tourism of health and well-being, potentialized the use of its miner-medicinal waters. Starting from methods and tools like the interviews to agents, specialists, directives and inhabitants, an analysis of the environment, a statistical study related with the employment of the social nets in Cuba and the world, as well as he/she is carried out a benchmarking in tourist towns of reference: Hallstatt, Alberobello and the Floating Islands of the Auroches. The main results were associated with determining the potential that presents he/she gets up early like town of tourist interest and in connection with their promotion in social nets that facilitated the proposal of stocks in function of taking advantage of the advantages of the platforms in reborning of the tourist activity in this community.

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Author Biographies

Martha Omara Robert Beatón, Decana Facultad de Turismo, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba

Doctora en Ciencias Económicas. Decana Facultad de Turismo, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba. E-mail: omara.robert73@gmail.com

Vasile Grama, Associate Professor and researcher full time at University of Oradea

PhD of Earth Sciences / University of Oradea (Romania) (2011). Degree in History & Geography/ University of Oradea (2003). Associate Professor and researcher full time at University of Oradea. Professor at bachelor of Geography of Tourism and master of Tourism Management and Planning. Visiting scholar in Cuba, Mexico, Canada, France, UK, Spain, Portugal, Madagascar, Kenya, South Africa, Nepal, China, Sri Lanka etc. Chief Editor of Romanian Review on Political Geography. International Reviewer for MDPI Journals and Heritage Science. SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57217984594; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0600-1138; https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/V.-Grama/108471543; E-mail: vasile.grama2014@gmail , vgrama@uoradea.ro

María José Pérez González, Facultad de Turismo, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba

Licenciada en Turismo, Becaria e Investigadora. Facultad de Turismo, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba.

Maximiliano Korstanje, Senior Researcher at the University of Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ph D. in Sociology, University of Palermo, Buenos Aires, -Argentina, Department of Economics, University of Palermo, Argentina. Leading global cultural theorist specializing in terrorism, mobilities and tourism. Dr Korstanje serves as Senior Researcher at the University of Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Safety and Security in Tourism and Hospitality. In 2015 he was Visiting Professor at the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies (CERS) at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom; TIDES at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain in 2017, and the University of La Habana, Cuba in 2018. In 2016, he was included as Scientific Editor for Studies and Perspective in Tourism (CIET) and as an Honorary Member of the Scientific Council of Research and Investigation hosted by UDET (University of Tourist Specialities, Quito Ecuador). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5149-1669 ; http://palermo.academia.edu/MaximilianoEKorstanje/CurriculumVitae ; E-mail: maxikorstanje@hotmail.com; mkorst@palermo.edu

Victor Martínez Robert, Licenciado en Turismo, Becario e Investigador. Facultad de Turismo, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba

Licenciado en Turismo, Becario e Investigador. Facultad de Turismo, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba. E-mail: viticomartinez98@gmail.com

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Published

2022-10-24

How to Cite

Omara Robert Beatón, M. ., Grama, V. ., Pérez González, M. J. ., Korstanje, M. ., & Martínez Robert, V. . (2022). Villages of Tourist Interest and Marketing Through Internet Social Networks: the Case of Madruga, Cuba. Latin American Journal of Tourismology, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7246604

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