This paper is aimed at presenting a brief overview on the state of the art of community-based tourism (CBT) in Brazil. CBT is a tourism practice that seeks to reconcile local development and nature conservation. At first, we carried out a discussion on the foundations, concepts and principles of CBT, as well as bringing light to some of its challenges, threats and weaknesses. Then, we present some initiatives in the Brazilian context of CBT: Call for Entries No. 0 1/2008 of the Ministry of Tourism of Brazil, the Brazilian Network of Community Tourism “TURISOL” and the case of the “Prainha do Canto Verde - Sustainable and Community Tourism”.
The idea of being able to make a new perennial namely the possibility of consolidation of a better place to live, promoted through environmental education, justifies the actions developed in the area of influence of the AHE Strait. In other words, the idea is to promote conditions for maintaining social achievements, which greatly helped to inspire and set the “trajectory of change”: a process that we propose to co-promote over three times overlapping temporal conceptually and operationally.
The aim of this paper is analyzed by the analytical method competitiveness strategy based on sustainability strategy to lead the way to a model of responsible development and competitive. Taking as its starting point the following statement: The maturity of a sustainable business strategy positively affects competitiveness. The results of this states that the current business strategy seeks an ecologically appropriate, economically viable and socially just to reach sustainable equilibrium promoted by the institutions and strengthened the capabilities and resources that each company has to develop benefits promote the overall development and achieve the maximization of benefits from a perspective tangible and intangible..
Culture and science in the hands of environmental education is the proposal of the Research Group on Environmental Education, Communication and the Arts through an international project related to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Assuming that not everything turns market, this research had the phenomenology as a methodology, and aims to interpret the making of a canoe in the light of local culture. Transcendent a simple mobility tool, the canoe can be interpreted as an expression of art sculpture belonging to the local culture, and should be recognized as a popular knowledge, which can shape the identity of a region.
The increasing demand for beachfront destinations and activities has put much pressure on the costal areas. As flagship species, and therefore charismatic, marine turtles are frequently promoted as tourist attraction, being also used to pass on to target groups the knowledge of the need of protecting them, as well as the habitats upon which they depend. This article will make discuss the impact of tourism in the conservation of these animals, looking particularly at cases in Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe, drawing the attention to the need of promoting and manage tourism in the coastal areas, in such a way that its impacts in the environment and local communities is minimized, and thus con flicts with conservation projects are reduced.
The role of the protected natural areas goes beyond the conservation of natural values, including also the cultural and intangible values, historical, artistic, linguistic, aesthetic...?
The latter were not very considerate until very recently. In order to consolidate its inclusion in the planning and management in Spain, since Europarc-España in collaboration with other institutions, a manual was drafted as a result of a collaborative work of many professionals
Interpretation centres are resources to communicate and give value to the heritage, aimed at tourists who come to the place in their leisure time. There are many voices which qualify them for waste and problem. On the contrary, it may be an opportunity for social promotion and the development of sustainable tourism. In this article, we present a characterization of the existing centres in Galicia and its potential as the first step in a strategic planning and coordination of the sector.
Certification programs have the potential to provide a more sustainable tourism through the definition of standards and evaluation of performances. They also help distinguish a genuine ecotourism (authentic ecotourism), protecting the integrity of this concept. The Bom Bom Island Resort, BBIR? Is located at the northern end of Príncipe Island, in Sao Tome and Principe, in the Gulf of Guinea. Currently, the BBIR is in a major change pro cess, being one of the major objectives to raise the quality of the resort, making stand out the level of sustainability and transforming it into an international reference of good practice. The intention is to develop and implement a policy of responsible tourism, form part of and support the local economy, promote and protect the natural and cultural heritage, supporting and investing in the conservation of the destination and raise the standards of quality of the resort. With this process of transformation is obvious that a certification process would fit perfectly. Once BBIR have started this process and in accordance with the results obtained, will try to obtain a certification program that meets your objectives and to evaluate and verify the efforts and commitment of the sustainability of the whole equipment of the resort.
The agricultural terraces and irrigation channels are the most valuable items of Madeira’s cultural heritage and the living expression of how human intervention was possible without causing significant damage to the functioning of the local ecosystems. Through the construction of small terraces of arable soil, and the irrigation of the island, past generations created spectacular humanised landscapes worthy of the admiration and respect of the visitor. The irrigation channels (levadas) reveal a majestic Madeira which remains hidden from the eye of the hurried tourist or the resident over-dependent on the motor car. Walking along the irrigation channels it is possible to discover spots of indescribable beauty, to tread the most idyllic landscapes and to admire the rich flora of Madeira, with plants which are unique in the world. Madeira Island has a huge in pedestrian tourism. The creation of new recommended routes and continuous improvement of those already available are essential to attract visitors who associate the holiday’s leisure to learn and are available for spending money on programs to discover nature. The investment in the maintenance and signaling pathways should be complemented with the monitoring of load capacity, with the aim of ensuring the conservation values of natural and cultural heritage, essential to the sustainability of this tourism niche.
Galicia is bathed by the sea along 1200 km. It´s not surprising therefore that fishing is the basis of its economy, creating up to 52 % of the employment in the fishing industry in Spain and up to 10 % in the whole of the European Union. Marine tourism in Galicia aims to add value to (put in value) the rich heritage associated with the sea and with the traditional fishing. Ambientarte carried out training projects for guides- interpreters with sea-workers to make guided tours with tourists, and projects linked to the dissemination of the importance of cultural marine heritage as well.
