Redesign of the adventure tourism modality in the nature destination Viñales

Abstract

Cuba's tourism offer has diversified with the strength of nature tourism. In this sense, it is essential to know in detail the motivations that allow defining the characteristics of this market segment. The present work was carried out in the tourist destination of Viñales; in it, the adventure tourism product was redesigned, taking advantage of the natural goodness and potentialities that the destination possesses, from the application of a methodology, which objective was to organize the adventure tourism product in the destination Viñales, contributing to increase the levels of average stay, to diversify the portfolio of products and to improve the indicators of the life cycle of the destination. In the research theoretical and empirical methods were used that facilitated the verification of the problematic situation and the solution in the redesign of the product, sustained by the bibliographic support used. The research provided important elements for making commercial decisions in relation to the consolidation of the adventure modality; on the other hand, the redesign was focused on the adventure market segment, responding to its demands.