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- More than a checklist, a manifesto
“Justamente en estos momentos en que la confusión reina terriblemente en la atmósfera…” Rockdrigo González, Tiempo de Híbridos, 1984
About the introduction …
Pachakutic term refers to the fortune and misfortune cycles in the Inca cosmogony taking place almost every 500 years. They say that for the arrival time of Hispanics to America, Inca’s kingdom was near his ninth Pachakutic, an important era of cultural and economic achievements with their expansion along the South American lands; five hundred years and a bit later we are witnessing the resurgence and recognition of native cultures who managed to survive and whose life practices give us examples to deal with sustainable development, a subject in which governments have waisted millions that’s nowadays been somehow replaced for a “regenerative development” concept.
Every time a catastrophic event happens anywhere in the world (earthquake, hurricane, war, bomb attack, covid…) we think in a masochistic way about the “end approaching”, about a comet or meteor coming to destroy the earth; we inquire if Nostradamus predicted it, like asking for relief to our anxiety, like being part of a tragical fate since the mythologies. Or we just act finger-pointing one each other not assuming responsibility when we feel capable of leading such self-destruction.
“There’s something profoundly derisory with those ecological policies that are restricted to the state framework, only submitted to industrial harmfulness, when human survival is the essential, even when we know humans will disappear as the earth itself. That’s not a drama indeed. We just need to know if we want to live such survival in a few decades or if we can consider it in some centuries or millenniums”. Felix Guatarri, 1989. Therefore, based on previous statements, our touristic proposal, our livelihood goes beyond a checklist, and we define our sustainable policies with the public exposition of the present manifesto.
About our philosophy …
There are several interactions when practicing tourism activities that we approach as local operators to offer differentiating experiences. When we live, when we feel and when we think about those synergies among social, environmental, cultural, economic and subjective ecosystems, we have learned to assume an ethical engagement with tourism from the alterity, as individuals being part of those ecosystems and the way we link with them in our life practices.
We make and propose a conscientious covenant to allow visitors and communities to recognize themselves as integral parts of the environment that welcome them.
About social and subjective relationships …
Inhabitants and service providers from the visited areas shall reflect regional collective identity and the social link issued from the diverse populational processes. Visitors could consequently have a forthright perception about the particularities, human values and social dynamics of our territory, no gimmicks, no intermediaries. Thus, by interacting and contributing in a renovative exchange.
About the environment …
Deeply pondering upon our surroundings, all other species different from humans must be recognized as any other resident of the territory: as family and neighbors who open their habitat doors to us, who allow us to grow the knowledge, to learn about their ecospheres trying to understand how to preserve, or why not, to improve the conditions for their prevalence. We invite our visitors to share this participative edification.
As professional guides we go hand in hand with local communities in different actions promoting natural spaces conservation and recovery.
About the culture …
There’s always a place for visitors to share the stupendous material and non-material cultural legacy in the region, such as the archaeological vestiges, the gastronomy, the folklore, the indigenous traditions, the festivities, etc., attesting the varied composition of dweller’s expressions and feelings.
With our activity we seek to strengthen symbolic recognition links between communities and their cultural manifestations.
About the economics …
We promote a balanced economic exchange for visitors to enjoy a real, autochthonous experience, consistent with the investment they make for their personal well-being. This would allow people participating in the supply chain to have a fare payment, directly proportional to the quality of their services, as an important revenue that may allow them to reinvest and participate in the ecosystem’s renewal.
About the normativity …
Our work is aligned with laws and regulations set forth in texts like:
- Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, WTO-UN 2001.
- Laws 679/2001 and 1336/2009 against CSE.
- Laws 17/1981, 1333/2009 and Resolution 0584/2002 for the natural heritage protection.
- Laws 397/1997 and 1185/2008 for cultural heritage protection.
- Laws 1482/2011 and 1752/2015 against any form of discrimination or exclusion.
- Resolution 135/2016 about the code of ethics for tourism guides.
- NTS-TS 003 for travel agencies sustainability.
We ensure that tourism activities generate propre spaces for conscious enjoyment, focused on respect and protection.
Vive Guavaire is an invitation, our doors never close for those who wish to approach Guaviare’s experience sharing these ethical principles.