Urban Geotourism in Urca: experiencing Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) by the geopoetic view of the Sleeping Giant

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Bernardo Perrota Legal
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Mansur, Kátia Leite, Ponciano, Luiza Corral Martins de Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Ecoturismo
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/ecoturismo/article/view/6759
• topic: Ecotourism; Geoconservation; Geomithology; Geopoetics; Natural Heritage; Ecoturismo; Geoconservação; Geomitologia; Geopoética; Patrimônio Natural.

In Rio de Janeiro, some of the city's most famous tourism destinations have an intense connection with the Geological Heritage. However, the potential for Geotourism is underdeveloped by the usual tourism activities established in the region. In order to complement the tourism experiences offered in Rio de Janeiro, the elaboration and analysis of an inventive new itinerary was carried out in the landscape of Urca (near by the Sugar Loaf). Integrating the Geotourism narratives with artistic performances based on Geopoetics and Geomithology, as well as historical and sociocultural information associated with the urban evolution of the place, we have developed a new memorable tourism experience. The incorporation of different areas (mainly Geosciences, Arts and Museology) seeks to promote a broader connection of the visitors with the Natural, Cultural and Historical Heritage, aiming to stimulate Geoconservation and the perception of the heritage in an integral way. The result is a geotouristic tour structured in seven stops, each one connected with the performance of a poem or tale related to the local geodiversity. After the performances, we introduce the interpretations of the geological, geomorphological, geographical, historical and sociocultural features of the site, in an accessible and playful way to the visitors. We tested this new urban geotouristic tour twice, in June and November of 2018. The visitors highlighted the artistic performances of poems and tales as the most interesting part of the activity, arousing theirs memories of the affective link between humans and the environment. This evaluation corroborates the importance of Geopoetics and Geomithology as an innovative method to fascinate the visitors, opening their minds for the subsequent presentation of the Geosciences information’s by their connections with the feelings of belonging, germinated through the Arts.