Ecotourism potential of agrarian reform settlement projects in the State of Tocantins (Brazil)

Authors

  • Gisele Milare Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária - Incra
  • Lícia Priscila Nogueira Azevedo Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária - Incra; Universidade Federal do Tocantins
  • Stella Costa Santos do Vale Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária - Incra; Universidade Federal do Tocantins

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34024/rbecotur.2020.v13.6767

Keywords:

Settlements Projects, Ecotourism, Geoprocessing, Mapping and Planning

Abstract

A new rurality has been championed in the sense of diversifying economic activities in rural areas. Economic development is not restricted only as agricultural activities, but a range of activities, including ecotourism. So ecotourism can be applied in this new rurality as a work opportunity in agrarian reform settlement projects. Ecotourism, besides economic benefits, contributes to the conservation of natural resources. In this context, the present work has the aim of mapping the settlement projects of the State of Tocantins with potential for the development of ecotourism activities. In this sense, geoprocessing tools for spatial intersection of the tourist potential of the Ecological-Economic Zoning and the Conservation Units with spatial information of settlement projects were integrated. In the state of Tocantins, of 347 settlement projects analyzed, 141 (40%) are in an area with ecotourism potential, of which 106 are potentially useful for ecotourism activities and 35 for beach tourism, representing 10,600 families that may be benefited with income generation and environmental awareness through ecotourism projects.

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Published

2020-10-30

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 4 (2020): novembro/2020-janeiro/2021

Section

Artigos

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How to Cite

MILARE, Gisele; AZEVEDO, Lícia Priscila Nogueira; VALE, Stella Costa Santos do. Ecotourism potential of agrarian reform settlement projects in the State of Tocantins (Brazil). Brazilian Journal of Ecotourism, [S. l.], v. 13, n. 4, 2020. DOI: 10.34024/rbecotur.2020.v13.6767. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/ecoturismo/article/view/6767. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.
Received 2019-03-09
Accepted 2020-08-07
Published 2020-10-30