Perception of the hotel cluster of Florence Caquetá on touristical taxation as a source of financing of the post-conflict in Colombia

Abstract

The current governmental and local bets towards the achievement of a post-conflict scenario have turned the interest towards the development of tourism in areas that for years were scenarios of displacement, combats, cultivation of illicit use, drug trafficking and control of territories, which raises the concern about whether tourism and hotel activity really can be a way or an instrument, involving the actors that were or are part of the conflict, to generate new alternatives for development at the local level, taking advantage of the benefits granted by the government . In this way, the objective of this research focused on measuring the perception that hoteliers in the municipality of Florencia Caquetá have regarding the establishment of a tax quota that affects the lodging or overnight stay of tourists and that the collection of these resources is destined to finance part or all of the post-conflict. There are many countries that have the tax on accommodation or overnight stay and the resources collected are mostly destined to preserve order, ornate, and landscape, fostering responsible and environmentally sustainable tourism. A sample of 34 lodging and lodging establishments was taken into account that corresponds to 50% of the registered ones in the Chamber of Commerce of Florence, for it a descriptive investigation of mixed type was developed, applied and of revision, using the survey as an instrument for gathering information. It is concluded that, according to the hoteliers, after the signing of the peace accords, the influx of tourists to the Department of Caquetá will increase, however, they express not to agree with the establishment of this tax figure since they believe that will drive them away.