Tourism in Lomas

Lomas de Lucumo, is an all green-ecosystem, that thanks to different climatic factors, like fog and trade winds, are capable of making it the ideal place to enjoy nature.

Is for this matter that the touristic activity is one of the main economic suppliers of the community, been the national tourists the preferred market, like high school and college students. Some travel agencies had put their hopes on this new destination by offering full day programs, with a mix of other activities and touristic resources located nearby.

There is also a good number of tourists who travel to Lucumo by themselves, by public or private transportation, motivated for the special desire of spend some time with their relatives or group of friends, choosing outdoor activities like trekking, rappel, hiking, paragliding, or biking; combined with the natural sightseeing that surrounds the area, are the perfect combo to escape from the smog and stressful habitat of the capital.

On the receptive tourism side, there are very few visits. This could happen because of the lack of promotion from the promoters, as well as the lack of infrastructure, highly needed to make this place a touristic product.

Sustainable Tourism in Lucumo?

At Lomas de Lucumo, tourism is one of the profitable activities linked with the concept of sustainable development, which entails the active participation of its population. Many institutions have promoted the tourism here, but is quite obvious that there is still a lot to improve in the correct handle of Sustainable Tourism.

To make Sustainable Tourism entails that all of the actors involved, like tourism companies, transportation and other, assume the commitment as an organization and remarks how to contribute to maintain the ecological procedures throughout the tourism, by preserving biodiversity and the respect to the traditional values of the community, the cultural exchange, and tolerance.

It would be great and an excellent initiative from most of our agencies that this information could be share through their websites, and promoting all the variety of products and services offered by the community, such as local guides, restaurants, handicrafts and others.