INTERPRETATIVE NATURE TRAIL: educational tourism and environmental education practices in the village of Penedo (São Desidério, Bahia)

• Autor(a) principal: de Souza Santos, Manuela
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Baqueiro Brandão, Paulo Roberto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Ensaios de Geografia
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uff.br/ensaios_posgeo/article/view/58089
• topic: Interpretive Trail; Community Based Tourism; Educational Tourism; Environmental Education; Penedo (São Desidério, Bahia, Brazil).; Sendero interpretativo; Turismo Comunitario; Turismo Pedagógico; Educación Ambiental; Penedo (São Desidério, Bahia - Brasil).; Trilha Interpretativa; Turismo de Base Comunitária; Turismo Pedagógico; Educação Ambiental; Penedo (São Desidério, Bahia)

This paper is the result of the elaboration of a proposal for an interpretive nature trail based on the principles of Community-Based Tourism, which prioritizes local agents in tourism practices, aiming at Environmental Education through Pedagogical Tourism.  The elaborated proposal was directed to the Lapão Wall Trail, located in the village of Penedo, in São Desidério (Bahia). The PAR (Participatory Action Research) methodology was used to carry out this research, which was employed with a view to building knowledge based on the sum of community knowledge, in which data were obtained through bibliographic research, meetings, auscultations and conversation circles with members of the local community, participatory observations and analyzes in the study area, based on physical-environmental and sociocultural characteristics. For the selection of potential points, the IAPI method (Indicators of Attractiveness of Interpretive Points) was used to facilitate the organization of attractions according to interpretive potential. As a result, we have the demarcation and interpretation of the so-called potential points of the trail, which will allow the beginning of Community-Based Tourism practices.