Heritage Management and Interpretation

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.