Perception autoctone on natural environments with ecotouristic potential in Luminárias (MG, Brazil): dynamics and consequences

Authors

  • Vinícius do Couto Carvalho Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG
  • Wanderley Jorge Silveira Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG
  • Cléber Rodrigo de Souza Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG
  • Thallita Mayra Soares Fernandes Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • Marco Aurélio Leite Fontes Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34024/rbecotur.2020.v13.9472

Keywords:

Ecotourism, Social Protagonism, Socioenvironmentalism

Abstract

EEcotourism is considered an activity of low environmental impact that generates social benefits, and obviously depends on the existence of natural attraction. But how do autochthonous individuals perceive this activity, and how they relate themselves to their natural areas? The aim of this study was to analyze in what level native individuals get involved with natural environments with ecotourism potential and how they perceive the development of ecotourism practices in inicial phase, as also the dynamics of this involvement and perception through the young people eyes in two periods with a nine-year interval. In order to do so, it was used iconography with the presentation of ten photographs of environments with ecotourism potential from the locality of Luminárias (MG, Brazil) for high school students, with the subsequent application of a semistructured questionnaire, in the years 2007 and 2016. The participant observation technique was also used. As a result, the natural environments with ecotourism potential were recognized at different levels and considered as high attractiveness however, the touristic use among the autochthonous individuals is still low. The results also demonstrated that, in the difficulty of a continuous mobilization that reaches the population, the school grounds are shown as facilitating spaces for the process of awareness and social insertion in ecotourism planning.

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DO COUTO CARVALHO, Vinícius; SILVEIRA, Wanderley Jorge; SOUZA, Cléber Rodrigo de; FERNANDES, Thallita Mayra Soares; AURÉLIO LEITE FONTES, Marco. Perception autoctone on natural environments with ecotouristic potential in Luminárias (MG, Brazil): dynamics and consequences. Brazilian Journal of Ecotourism, [S. l.], v. 13, n. 1, 2020. DOI: 10.34024/rbecotur.2020.v13.9472. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/ecoturismo/article/view/9472. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.
Received 2019-06-14
Accepted 2019-09-19
Published 2020-01-29