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5.8 Local Memory Tour The Tour is done in coordination with community leaders or leaders so that there is a welcoming encounter that presents its visitors with dance, art and gastronomy prepared from a cultural perspective, a tour of the local memory of the squares, the surroundings, the river and alternating with the rites of its inhabitants. The guest receives accommodation, food and participates in daily community tasks such as collecting firewood, weaving clothes and mystical ceremonies. Step 1 The organisation contacts the local leaders in order to arrange the visit and realisation of the Local Memory Tour and to analyse the routes and the best time to carry it out, taking advantage of the experience of nature and the people of the community. Step 2 A short survey is conducted with the participants to find out the level of knowledge about the history and culture of local memory that will serve to measure the impact of the visit to the community. The hidden local Step 3 Participants meet at a meeting point and walk memory tour is a or take a bus to visit the hidden local memory of the relevant opportunity community. During the tour, an introduction about local to teach, raise history and memories is given. awareness, admire Step 4 At the end of the Local Memory Tour, there is a and disseminate space for dialogue and reflection to measure the impact our ancestral and of the visit, through the observation of their impressions cultural richness, and the application of a written and objective test with and to incorporate the intention of measuring the learning about the hidden the possibilities of local memory. welfare. It also leads The Local Memory Tour enables the development of to the enhancement tourism and other related businesses, such as agricultural of general self- production, livestock and fish farming. This activity also esteem, the cohesion serves to reverse the process of abandonment of the village due to migration to other towns or cities, leaving of cultural unity and a behind a lot of history and local memory. sense of belonging. 112

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