Rural community tourism as an alternative for development site of the Lenca indigenous municipality of San Francisco de Opalaca

Abstract

This article addresses the management of rural community tourism as an alternative way to contribute to community development in the Lenca indigenous municipality of San Francisco de Opalaca, Intibucá. Likewise, a study is carried out, which consists of collecting information on the tourist offer for a subsequent diagnosis of tourist resources belonging to the region. As a methodology used, an inventory was made with research files to determine the resources that the municipality can offer its visitors, in the same way, a multidimensional analysis to diagnose the tourist situation of the municipality, identifying opportunities framed in the practice of sustainable tourism and the benefits it includes in different modalities.