Perception of the Peruvian student, is the virtual reality alternative of sustainability of the tourist destinations?

The business sector linked to tourism could be affectedas a consequence of the pandemic - Coronavirus, for this, it was considered necessary to know the perception of the university student, who was asked about the incorporation of virtual reality in the development of traditional tourism. The methodology includes the positivist paradigm, quantitative approach, analytical method, non-experimental design, descriptive level and transectional type. A questionnaire was applied to 147 university students from the Piura Region - Peru,belonging to the Faculties of Administration and Tourism. The results obtained allow us to conceive that the perception of the Peruvian university student is positivein relation to the implementation of virtual reality as a complementary service in the tourism sector, the need to know Information and Communication Technologies - ICT, the sustainability of tourist destinations and respect for the environment. Keywords: Virtual reality, sustainability, tourist destination RESUMEN El sector empresarial vinculado con el turismo podria ser afectado como onsecuencia de la pandemia – Coronavirus, para ello, se considero necesario conocer la percepcion del estudiante universitario, a quien se le pregunto respecto a la incorporacion de la realidad virtual en el desarrollo del turismo tradicional. La metodologia comprende el paradigma positivista, enfoque cuantitativo, metodo analitico, diseno no experimental, nivel descriptivo y tipo transeccional. Se aplico un cuestionario a 147 estudiantes universitarios de la Region Piura – Peru, pertenecientes a las Facultades de Administracion y Turismo. Los resultados obtenidos permiten concebir que la percepcion del estudiante universitario peruano es positiva en relacion a la implementacion de la realidad virtual como servicio complementario en el sector turistico, la necesidad de conocer las Tecnologias de Informacion y Comunicacion – TIC, la sostenibilidad de los destinos turisticos y el respeto por el ambiente. Palabras clave: Realidad virtual, sostenibilidad, destino turistico. Received: 2020-03-15 Accepted for publication: 2020-04-10 Published: 2020-06-15