Turismo de natureza no município de Jardim (MS): possibilidades e conflitos

Abstract

Since the emergence of society, almost two thirds of the Earth became "arena" for man activity. Population grows steadily. Technical scientific progress broadens the possibility of man activity over nature. This leads to a radical transformation of natural landscapes. This process unfolds much faster than the capacity for natural landscapes to sustain themselves. The tourism model discussed in this dissertation, in Masters level, can be understood as a process of rapprochement, return, of romanticism, but nonetheless important. Nature tourism is today one of the main vectors of the tourism economy. Certainly the various concepts of tourism in nature are viscerally connected to a variety of conceptions, such as rationalist, romantic and naturalistic. From the local trade, going through the representative bodies of the Academy. They all emphasize the need to transform natural assets in "resource". To conserve and preserve natural environments for future generations, the science held in universities prospects scientific studies on the topic, and tourists loaded with Romanticism seek for intact areas, free of "man action". Thereby the market consisting of the tourist trade, represented in the vast majority of times by members of the various tourist facilities of the place, members of the Government, and University, designates in what manner the natural goods, ensured by specific legislation (mostly conservation units), will be elevated to the category of resource for tourism purpose. Public policies will often be designed and implemented in places of interest, from discussions with the tourist trade, which shall elect from specific criteria which of the tourist areas are the more or less attractive ones. That said, the objective of this work is to promote the mapping and zoning of the existing natural resources for nature tourism in the municipality, and based on this proposal and guided by the method of understanding the tourism activity using a systemic analysis on nature, to contribute in the organization of nature tourism at local scale, taking the town of Jardim in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul as a laboratory. Certainly this research opens important precedents for other research works in different levels of studies, not being itself a posteriori an analysis restrictor, but yes, just a benchmark in the search for understanding Tourism.