Being a Local guide is amazing and exciting but the most interesting thing that I have done as a Local Guide is add places to Google Maps, I think that it is the most important tool that Local Guide has. Adding places gives the possibility of changing the lives of many people and generating a social impact. You can help tourists and adventures to explore the world, moreover the places you add can be known to thousands of people around the world.
I love that, with Google Maps I have been able to show beautiful places of my little country and my city to the world and help other people to know those places, I think that the most important place that I added is the Ancient Ruins āYacuviƱayā
Ancient Ruins āYacuviƱayā are important place in the history of Ecuador, it is located in the south of Ecuador in the province of El Oro and relatively recently it was an unknown place being little preserved and destroyed despite its historical importance. It is a housing complex from the Inca period that extends over nearly 100 hectares. A large number of archaeological pieces and human skeletons have been found in these ruins. In this site you can see incredible sunsets and sunrises, in addition to the mist and the Andean moor. Creating incredible landscapes with contrasts between heaven and earth, When I added this place to Google Maps many people visited this place and it was known nationally, the municipality of the town opened roads and tourist services made by local citizens were opened.
Hundreds of people visited this wonderful place and took beautiful photos of the place that until then was unknown, causing a change in the local economy, improving the lives of many people. Shifting their source of income from livestock to tourism and lessening environmental damage in these weak ecosystems.
Local Guides can make a difference in the world, with our contributions, publications, reviews, photographs and place additions. We can help many people with our contributions and change the lives of different people, even entire peoples, while doing things we love like traveling, photographing, exploring and publishing. We can change the world from our devices and make it a place for all of us. Googleās Local Guides program means for me an opportunity to improve my country and publicize my city around the world. In addition to sharing my tastes for photography, traveling and orchids with other people in the world. So I love being a Local Guide.