First Travelling Friendly Encounter the International Of World-2008

Guayaquil is the modern City that exists at the moment in Ecuador, and is thus its Urban regeneration has helped the change that the Guayaquileña society yearned for and needed for some years.

Those that we conformed program DUKERS of the Foundation of the same name, we looked for to show Guayaquil, our beautiful City like Referential Point in South America.

By its last architectonic advances like it is it the more modern Terrestrial Terminal of Latin America, the impressive Airport Jose Joaquin de Olmedo, recognized recently like one of most modern and complete world-wide level, like also the Hill and Port Santa Ana, Levee 2000, the Levee of the Salty one, its regenerated streets and the cultural diversity Guayaquileña, who cause that our Organization carries out the FIRST TRAVELLING FRIENDLY ENCOUNTER the INTERNATIONAL OF the WORLD.

Guayaquil will be the city soothes of so important event, where it will manage to reunite to thousands of Travellers who will come from their origins to know our dear City of Guayaquil, like also of the Travellers who are of passage in which the Voluntary Hosts will receive them to Dukers with the abiertos arms as their true Friendly and will leave together to walk by the city and to show everything what represents Guayaquil like the Friendly and Warm City; demonstrating so it is a city with people who can make friendly, or by its human calidez like also by the idiosyncrasy that characterizes to us.

He is why the guests to that it visits to us and live his own experience with the Dukers, unique and unforgettable experience.

For May information it visits our page Web: www.dukers.org

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Date: Friday 18, 19 Saturday and Domingo 20 of month of Julio of the 2008.
Hour: 10h00 until 20h00 Place: They dwell of Buitrón and Rocafuerte " Colón" place; In front of the Santo Domingo Church diagonal to the District the Rocks. Guayaquil - Ecuador.

"First Travelling Friendly Encounter the International Of World-2008"

Cuentanos your experience in Guayaquil in dukers

Here You can tell us to his experiences and experiences in his demurrage in Guayaquil - Ecuador, can add photos, commentary, etc

Scott Renquisth (Chicago – Illinois)

It arrives at Ecuador with desire to enjoy much the modern thing Guayaquil, and other Cities, but when visiting Guayaquil I have left surprised so of the beautiful thing that this City, where her people are very amiable and tasteful to help, my wife is Ecuadorian and I am spoken of the NGO Dukers, we decided to contact itself with them and designated a Dukers that I help for I discovered the present Guayaquil us much. He recommended to take us to us to the park of the Iguanas and when visiting I could tell my experience to my friendly and relatives for visit this place that without a doubt will be of much Distraction.

Thanks to the ONG Dukers I could discover secrets of the magical City of Guayaquil.

"Cuentanos your experience in Guayaquil in dukers"

Now Guayaquil is the Friendly and Warm City with the Dukers.

Published Wednesday 11 of June of the 2008.

The members of program DUKERS of the Foundation that takes its same name prepare for the appointment the International with thousands of Travellers who are of passage by our city or which they will arrive for the appointment being soothes Guayaquil - Ecuador.

With the denominated event FIRST TRAVELLING FRIENDLY ENCOUNTER the INTERNATIONAL OF WORLD - 2008, dukers looks for to consolidate their objectives related to the Cultural development Tourist of the city, being fundamental piece the voluntary military service of many Guayaquileños that disinterestedly collaborate with their knowledge and experiences for the perfection of the program and event, as well as the support of the public and deprived companies, mass media, etc: , that has helped from their creation that was the 26 of June of the 2007, the program dukers is next to turn their first year of management.

"Now Guayaquil is the Friendly and Warm City with the Dukers."

Newspaper the Carried Street Dukers

"Newspaper the Carried Street Dukers"

Dukers, friendly of the travellers in Guayaquil

Published by Newspaper the Street of Guayaquil.
Wednesday 11 of March of the 2008.

I contacted to the Dukers through a page of travellers in the network and soon I have talked with them with instantaneous mail, but she really did not know she would find if them.

Until now they have tried to me very well and they have shown to a Guayaquil diferente" to me; , it expressed Accepts Kohler, Peruvian tourist who was received by duker yesterday to his passage by the city.

Duker he is guayaquileño with expert pride of its city and cosy volunteer of tourists of different parts from the world. They are architects, odontologists, engineers, among others professions, that use their free time showing their city and making friendly of all parts of the world, This are a gratuitous service and have the endorsement of the Municipality of Guayaquil.

To be to duker you need to be minimum 20 years old in future, to know an additional language minimum to the Spanish, and to have 5 hours a day to the month to the strolls.

"Dukers, friendly of the travellers in Guayaquil"

Airport JJO, between the best ones of the World

The airport of Guayaquil, Jose Joaquin de Olmedo, is the best aerial terminal of Latin America and the Caribbean and is between the best ones of the world, according to a survey on global scale.

The BusinessWeek publication emphasized this week that in the recent annual survey, denominated Prizes by the airport quality on watch, the terminal of Guayaquil took to the best score in Latin America and the Caribbean after “great renovations”.

One affirms that the study became to 200 thousand passengers in 90 airports worldwide and that by third consecutive year the Incheon airport, of South Korea, heads the list.

Fuente: Diario El Universo S. A

News article of the Dukers de Guayaquil in Argentina

Published Monday 03 of March of the 2008. by Foundation Staff of Argentina.

The idea of Dukers arises from Citizens who feel the necessity to contribute to improve the image of their City, and to be able to offer him to attendance without cost some to the Travelling Tourists.

Those that is contacted with our Dukers Organization are personasdeseosas to know the Customs, Traditional Culture, Places, History of the City, like living some days as if they belonged to the place, without interinarios fixed beforehand and arranged to receive what people must to offer to him.

The Dukers Foundation is an endless Organization of Profit that realises this activity from this year and counts on around 50 prepared Volunteers crossing the City with the Visitors.

The Dukers Foundation, like other organisms of similars objectives as they are the City of Toronto, New York, Adelaide, Chicago, Houston Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Cordoba, Tokyo, you enter others, has between their volunteers to people of both sexes, major of 20 years, that speak different languages and that furthermore they realise other personal and professional activities, the majority of our Volunteers (Dukers) works and studies, which donates their time, 6 hours of a day to the month.

"News article of the Dukers de Guayaquil in Argentina"

Daily Express Week

Daily Express realises news article on the Dukers

The Dukers: its Friendly in Guayaquil.

They are not professional guides but hosts. Guayaquileños proud and extremely hospitable that dedicates part of their lives to revivir the history of the city whenever they cross with travellers his streets and parks.

The route begins by where the traveller wishes. Here there are itineraries, neither libretos, nor formats no to follow.

The visit can initiate in a traditional park, the Rocks, in the 9 of October or simply, in a corner chaotic and soaked of racket, savoring encebollado. If a traveller wishes to know Guayaquil the hand of the Dukers he does not need a map nor a leaf with the route to follow.

Here the course marks the visitor to it according to the tourist interest that it has. John Macliff, for example, a American mochilero of 33 years, that was in the large city four weeks ago, decided to combine the nature and the modernismo. First he attended the Botanical Garden and soon he went to the Levee of the Salty one.

He crossed so much the regenerated zone as the Portete street and a sector of the bay.

The North American was fascinated with the city and promised to return.

The past week 2 Chileans arrived at Guayaquil to those who the Anglo-Saxon had recommended them Guayaquil as tourist destiny.

They also mochileros were dedicated to cross the main cities of the countries of South America. " Macliff, who we knew in Buenos Aires, recommended the city to us and also to make use of the service that lends the Dukers.

Since we have already seen people whom make the same activity in Argentina and that is known like Cicerones, we entered the page Web of the Dukers we contacted and them so that they lend his to us ayuda" , Jorge says to the Chilean Garci'a.

"Daily Express realises news article on the Dukers "

The Argentineans inquire into the Dukers

Published Monday 18 of February of the 2008.

You are thinking about knowing the main city Ecuadorian? The program “a friend in the city”, taken ahead by the Dukers Foundation, will make you feel like in house?

The vision of the Dukers is to promote this activity to stimulate that the travellers of the world can arrive at Guayaquil and have a friend will help who them to clear all doubts related to the city.

The Program Is supported by the Very Illustrious Municipality of Guayaquil, that together they look for to posesionar to the Friendly and Warm City like.

Pages Specialized in Trips at level the International have realised news articles on diverse the diverse activities of the program of a Friend who executes itself in the main cities of the world, like example New York, Buenos Aires, Paris, Nantes, Boston, Houston, Adelaide, Melbourne and Guayaquil.

"The Argentineans inquire into the Dukers"

Dukers Interviews Ecuavisa

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The Vilches prize was for the work " Guayaquil"

Published Saturday 16 of February of 2008.

The Municipal Prize of Culture " Jose Maria Vilches" that he every year grants the Secretariat of Culture of General Pueyrredon, was in this opportunity for the work " The encounter of Guayaquil" written by Pacho O´Donell, directed by Lito Cross and interpreted by Rubén Stella and Lito Cross.

The mentions of the jury fell for the spectacles " Who said that it was good? " , " Ballet of Cámara" of the Municipal School of Dances " Fontenla" norm; and " The revolution silenciada". The delivery of the prize will be east Monday to 21 in the park of Villa Victory - Matheu 1851 - Mar del Plata, with the presence of the author of the winning work, Pacho O' Muncipales Donell, authorities, the special lists of awarded works and guests. The Prize " Jose Maria Vilches" one comes giving from year 1984, occasion in which " was granted to the work; Where mature limonero" , interpreted by Jose Maria Vilches, on texts of Antonio Machado.

"The Vilches prize was for the work " Guayaquil""

Newspaper the Universe - the Magazine

A Friend in Berlin - Germany

Why to know Berlin ? What is the interesting thing of Berlin?
Our Tour Free is the best form to know this city. In company of charismatic and informed Guides very well, we will know exciting history into the capital Germany, with two advantages:

There is no better information than the one than one shares in your own language, our Tour is only in Castilian; and your budget of traveller will not be any problem, since you will be you yourself who will put a value to him to our adventure. Lee which other people have said near our Tour. In the course of 3.5 hours we will discover Berlin.

From its darker and tragic hours to its more shining and magnificent moments. We will visit the most interesting places having started off from the symbol of Germany: THE BRANDENBURGO DOOR

"A Friend in Berlin - Germany "

A Friend in Jerusalem - Israel

If you have thought to visit Jerusalem it is the news interests to you. And it is that the municipality of the city, with the purpose of to foment the tourism and to present all the supply cultural the city, has started up a guidance system and guided tourist visits of gratuitous way.

However, if you cannot go to Jerusalem, also they offer a series to us of very interesting virtual visits, by means of panoramas of 360º

UN AMIGO EN JERUSALEN

A Friend who shows his City to you

Published Thursday 31 of January of the 2008.

Conosca Guayaquil of the hand of a Guayaquileño Friend” is the motto of dukers; also the Travellers of the Time catalogue themselves “”.

They are people of different ages and professions that are offered in voluntary form to accompany to thousands by travellers with low budget or mochileros that happen through the city.

They are people who love their city and enjoy showing it. They are not professional Guides. Its task is the one to accompany to the visitors by all the city, to establish warm relations, to interchange experience and taste during the visit, to show the culture of the City, its people, its traditional places and everything what the city can show.

The Dukers will show the secrets that only they know, and even can take to the tourists to know the district where they live.

"A Friend who shows his City to you"

Newspaper the Universe I realise news article on dukers

"Newspaper the Universe I realise news article on dukers"

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Guayaquil between the best Cities To live

If it is looking for a Latin American city with the best conditions to live, San Juan of Puerto Rico can be the best answer.

At least, therefore it reveals a survey realised by the Mercer consultant, who also emphasizes at regional level the cities of Montevideo (Uruguay) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). In Latin America, the Survey on Quality of Life 2008 located to San Juan of Puerto Rico in position 72, followed by Montevideo (76), Buenos Aires (78) and Santiago (88), that transport public lowered to five places mainly due to a loss in their quality of services.

The other face of the currency is Port Prince, in Haiti, that is located in the lowest position of the region with place 202. Concerning personal security, Santo Domingo has the highest location (92), followed by Panama, that are located in place 96, and Monterrey (99). Bogota (207) in Colombia has the lowest levels of personal security in the region, indicates the report. On the other hand, the Canadian cities excel in the list of classification of the American continent. Vancouver (4) has the best quality of life, followed by Toronto (15), Ottawa (19) and Montreal (22). In the United States, after Honolulu (28), are San Francisco (29), Boston (37) and Chicago (44). Washington is located in place 44, over New York (49).

"Guayaquil between the best Cities To live "

Newspaper the Telegraph realises news article on the Dukers

Published Wednesday 12 of June of the 2008 - By Newspaper Telegraph

Dukers travellers will visit the large city.

The Dukers grouping in Guayaquil, counts on near 800 members.
Met travellers of the world as Dukers (hosts) visits the city to realise the First Travelling Encounter the Friendly International of the World.

The event will be realised from the 18 to the 20 of July, in the Place Columbus (diagonal to the district the Rocks). The Dukers grouping in Guayaquil, counts on near 800 members, but 40 of them are volunteers who collaborate permanently with the travellers who arrive from the outside to visit and to know the large city tourist Buenosairean.

Douglas Kings, executive president of the Dukers grouping, assured that Guayaquil is the second city of South America in implementing this travelling friendly system, in a network of 45 cities of the world.

“The purpose is that the host shares the culture of our town, tourist places to travellers who come by businesses, mochileros, retired visit that us to enjoy long walks in the middle of the nature, etc.”, said Kings.

Dukers contacts through the page Web www.dukers.org, ahead of time of at least a month to assure the host.

Maria Janeth Avendaño
mavendano@telegrafo.com.ec
Reporter - Guayaquil

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