Turismo e meio ambiente: uma análise do ecoturismo e sua contribuição sócio-ambiental no Distrito Matutuine: caso da Reserva Especial de Maputo, Moçambique

• Ano de defesa: 2012
• Autor(a) principal: Marulo, Artur Manuel
• Orientador(a): Marques Júnior, Sérgio
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Turismo
• Departamento: Turismo e Desenvolvimento Regional e Gestão em Turismo
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Turismo e meio ambiente. Impatos socio-ambientais. Ecoturismo
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Tourism and Environment. Social and environmental impacts. Ecotourism
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::TURISMO
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/18153

Mozambique holds a potential for tourism development, especially for nature tourism, due to the existence of conservation areas around the country. The Maputo Special Reserve (MES) is considered as one of the most important conservation area and has benefited from investment in order to incruse the development of tourism in the region. Currently the number of visitors to MES has grown substantially with the intention to develop recreational activities related to ecotourism. Now the challenge lies in the way of optimizing opportunities for tourism development in order to achieve economic benefitis reduction the lead to poverty, without degrading the environment. Ecotourism face the demands and environmental discussions has been assumed as an alternative to the tourist market focused on protected areas, as it is believed that this segment is able to reconcile tourism development and simultaneously improve the conservation of the natural environment and still ensure the recovery of local communities and promoting their welfare. This study aims to analyze, from the perception of the local community, social and environmental contribution of ecotourism in Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambique. The research sought to investigate the relationship between ecotourism development in the region and generate benefits for the socio-environmental communities for residents. To achieve the objective, was chosen a critical analysis about the generation of socio-environmental benefits versus ecotourism in which we opted for a qualitative and quantitative approach seeking to establish the degree of agreement and disagreement about the benefits generated by ecotourism through interviews with community members