Ecoturismo e capacidade de carga das trilhas da Fazenda mundo novo / Canindé do São Francisco-SE

• Autor(a) principal: Carranza, Marta Virgínia Prado
• Data de Publicação: 2005
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/4079
• topic: Ecoturismo; Trilhas; Capacidade de carga turística; Rio São Francisco; Ecotourism; Trails; Touristic carrying capacity; São Francisco River; CNPQ::OUTROS

Ecotourism may be a sustainable alternative for the exploration and conservation of the natural resources in the semi-arid region of Sergipe, affording an actual experience in an ecosystem with unique characteristics to the visitors. Before the increasing flux of touristic visitation to the Canindé do São Francisco region, and, as a consequence, to the Mundo Novo farm trails, this work has tried to calculate the carrying capacity of the five trails on the Mundo Novo farm due to the fact that they have had a small flux of tourists, which allows to make, in advance, its plan of management whose implantation will depend on the venture view of farm owner. The property, which lies in the Canindé do São Francisco municipality, has 673 hectares and has been open to touristic visitation since January 2003. The Veados, Refúgio de Lampião, Alto do Céu, das Craibeiras and Descida do Ferreira trails are visited by tourists from Aracaju and other states. The theoretical reference has been based on issues relating to society and nature, the tourism phenomenon, the ecotourism, the carrying capacity. The methodology adopted to calculate the carrying capacity has been the one by Miguel Cifuentes (1992) which uses three levels of carrying capacity physical, real and effective. As a result, the advisable number of carrying capacity for the Veados trail is 92 visits a day; 40 visits a day for the Refúgio de Lampião trail; 8 visits a day for the Alto do Céu trail; 286 visits a day for the das Craibeiras; and 103 visits a day for the Descida do Ferreira trail. It was also held a survey along with the local population who are directly or indirectly involved with the touristic practice. The result of these surveys showed that the population wishes the touristic practice increase in the region, generating employment and income, despite their lack of knowledge of what exactly means the activity, how it works, and how it is its management.