Turismo de Base Natural: Um instrumento de apoio à Conservação de Áreas Húmidas?
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2013
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Universidade de Aveiro
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Portuguese
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O turismo é um dos fenómenos económicos e sociais com maior impacte nos nossos tempos. Desde sempre os turistas procuraram conciliar o seu tempo livre com o usufruto e exploração de ambientes diferentes e variados, tanto do ponto de vista biofísico como sociocultural. Neste sentido poderemos considerar como uma constante a interação entre turismo e ambiente. No entanto, reflexos da evolução social relativamente às questões ambientais, os turistas tornam-se cada vez mais exigentes, em termos da qualidade ambiental da oferta turística. Em termos de pesquisa tem-se tornado focal a interação entre o turismo, enquanto atividade económica, o ambiente e o desenvolvimento sustentável.
Neste artigo pretende-se identificar a evolução desta interação, focando-nos na emergência de formas alternativas de desenvolvimento de atividades turísticas, à luz do paradigma do desenvolvimento sustentável, nomeadamente em áreas húmidas costeiras, como é o caso da Ria de Aveiro.
Tourism is an economic and social phenomenon, with major impact in our days. Since ever, tourists try to use their free time in exploring and enjoying different environments both in biophysical and sociocultural terms. In this way, we can consider that tourism and environment has been always connected. However, as a reflex of social evolution in what concerns environmental issues, tourists become more and more demanding in terms of the environmental quality of the tourism offer. The interaction between tourism, as economic activity, environment and sustainable development becomes a focal issue in what concerns research development. In this paper we focus in the analysis of that interaction evolution, giving special attention to the development of alternative tourism products and activities, namely in wetland areas as Ria de Aveiro.
Tourism is an economic and social phenomenon, with major impact in our days. Since ever, tourists try to use their free time in exploring and enjoying different environments both in biophysical and sociocultural terms. In this way, we can consider that tourism and environment has been always connected. However, as a reflex of social evolution in what concerns environmental issues, tourists become more and more demanding in terms of the environmental quality of the tourism offer. The interaction between tourism, as economic activity, environment and sustainable development becomes a focal issue in what concerns research development. In this paper we focus in the analysis of that interaction evolution, giving special attention to the development of alternative tourism products and activities, namely in wetland areas as Ria de Aveiro.
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Turismo, Ambiente, Sustentabilidade, Ecoturismo, Zonas húmidas, Tourism, Environment, Sustainability, Ecotourism, Wetlands
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Martins, F., & Albuquerque, H. (2013). Turismo de Base Natural: Um instrumento de apoio à Conservação de Áreas Húmidas? Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento, 20, 81-90. Disponível no Repositório UPT, http://hdl.handle.net/11328/1831
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