Analysis of the environmental perception of tourists in the Environmental Protection Area of Combu Island, Belém (PA, Brazil)

Abstract

The contact of visitors with protected areas brings environmental consequences, such as the generation of waste and its influence on the degradation of nature, there is a need to analyze the environmental perception of visitors to the Environmental Protection Area (APA) of the Island from Combu (PA, Brazil) on their interaction with this unit, to find out about this situation, a form was used on the Google Forms platform, with this tool it is possible to assess the knowledge of tourists who have visited Combu Island about what an APA is and their basic care during an interaction with this environment, as well as science about the waste situation that is generated by the tourism-APA interaction. It was noticeable that a portion of the population is unaware of the basics of an Environmental Protection Area and the lack of information on the local environmental dynamics being modified by the presence and actions of tourism in Combu, but that they know their share of blame for environmental degradation. It is understood with this work that it is necessary to disseminate concepts about PAC and its adequate, as well as an improvement of waste management on the island and put an end to the need for people visiting Combu Island to better understand about its impacts generated in that place.