Perspectives for tourism development in the Barra do Una Sustainable Development Reserve (SP, Brazil)

• Autor(a) principal: Dopona, Alisson Peter Brito
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Prudêncio, Renato Xavier Araújo, Ramires, Milena, Clauzet, Mariana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Ecoturismo
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/ecoturismo/article/view/6727
• topic: Protect Areas; Sustainable Development Reserve; Society and Tourism; Unidade de Conservação; Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável; Sociedade e Turismo

Sustainable Development Reserve (SDR) is a category of Conservation Units destined to preserve nature and shelter local populations, providing conditions for resilience, life quality and natural resources management. The aim of this paper was to analyze the Barra da Una SDR (BUSDR) touristic potential by investigating the local infrastructure as also demands, expectations, and Local Ecological Knowledge related to the natural attractives existing in the BUSDR, in order to support the planning of future local tourism activities. Twenty-five residents of both genders, with an average age of 47 years resident for more than two generations, were interviewed and answered semi-structured questionnaires between 2013 and 2014. Fourteen attractives with touristic potential were indicated, of which seven had the highest frequency of citations, including beaches, waterfalls, rivers and the rocky shore, two of the seven locations are in the full protection area (Ecological Station). In the development of tourism in BUSDR, the need to improve infrastructure, including access to the village, sanitation, energy and communication, is highlighted. Adding to the natural beauty of the Atlantic Rainforest that surrounds the BUSDR as an attraction, it is evident the residents' expectation and the potential for tourism.