DEVELOPMENT OF EXECUTIVE PROJECTS FOR THE DESIGN OF TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE SALTA PROVINCE – ARGENTINA
CLIENT: Ministry of Internal Revenue and Treasury (Province of Salta Government)
Funding: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Dates: May 2018 – Dec 2019
SUMMARY: The project called “Sustainable Tourism Development Programme for Salta Province (STDP)” wants to identify and develop new infrastructure initiatives, to put Salta on the map as a priority ecotourism destination, with actions developed in Protected Areas of the four regions included in the within the STDP: Salta, Yungas del Norte, Valles Calchaquíes and Puna.
The following activities were performed:
- Territorial Diagnosis to identify the needs regarding tourism infrastructures in the different protected areas: shelters, signage, observatories, docks, viewpoints, etc..
- Proposal of intervention on the destination to be validated through participatory workshops in the four regions of the project.
- Executive projects to be constructed.
- Use and Management proposal for selected tourist sites within the Protected Areas and other public use sites.