Effects of Covid-19 on the business in the Receptive Tourism from the city of Barreirinhas (MA, Brazil)

• Autor(a) principal: Saldanha, Marcelo Aragão
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Bello, Leonardo Augusto Lobato, Cruz, Sílvia Helena Ribeiro, Brito, Fernanda Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Ecoturismo
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/ecoturismo/article/view/13317
• topic: Effects; Covid-19; Business; Receptive Tourism; Barreirinhas.

The work aims to map the effects especially those of an economic order of Covid-19 on businesses already established in the Receptive Tourism segment (travel agencies/operators) from the city of Barreirinhas - gateway to the National Park of Lençois Maranhenses one of the nature beauties most unique in the world. For this with regard to the search for inherent informations it is proposed (since the field research carried out with 10 equipment all duly provided by CADASTUR and in operation for at least one year before the pandemic decreed in the country) the methodology quantitative/qualitative applying for that a structured questionnaire that supports the macro investigation. From the results obtained it is noted that these clearly point to significant (since also accumulated) losses in the activity with necessary revisions to the offer of its products.