Os desafios das políticas públicas do ecoturismo no Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro MG

Abstract

Motivated by the great scenic beauty of environments destined to nature preservation, there has been a continuous growth in the number of ecotourists seeking these experiences in recente years. As a result, growth stems from positive and negative impacts on the environmental and social dimensions and, for that, need to be analyzed to ensure the preservation, especially of the areas visited and adjacent. As a general objective, the study intends to analyze the effectiveness of the public policies of ecotourism in the Serra do Brigadeiro State Park and in its surroundings. A bibliographic survey was carried out on the origin and development of ecotourism in addition to public policies adopted in the activity, especially in conservation unit, identifying the impacts resulting from its practice, as well as the investigation of the public policies adopted for the development of ecotourism in the region of the State Park of the Serra do Brigadeiro in Minas Gerais, with the social actors, dimensioning the interfaces of the resulting impacts and adversities found in the policies. The research has a qualitative approach, with a descriptive and explanatory purpose, through semi-structured interviews and dialogical interactions. In the results, it was verified that impacts and adversities are numerous, however, to improve the positive effects and minimize the negative ones to the effectiveness of existing policies with suggested contributions for the development of ecotourism activities in the region.