Impactos da pandemia de Covid-19 no fluxo e práticas de visitação em parques nacionais no Brasil

Abstract

This article aims to present reflections on the flow, visitation practices and tourism during the Covid-19 pandemic in Anavilhanas National Park (AM), Tijuca National Park (RJ) and Serra da Bodoquena National Park (MS). The analyses were carried out through bibliographic and documental research and interviews with the managers of these parks. The study is part of the research and objectives built within the scope of the Tourism Research Network in times of a pandemic: a geographical and multi and trans-scalar analysis. The results show that, in 2019, public use, with a focus on tourism in these protected areas, showed some signs of recovery with the increase in visitors number. However, the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 in Brazil, severely impacted visitor flows and tourist practices, reducing the numbers of visits in the three national parks. Some measures, whether by governments or local managers, were taken with the objective of reducing the pandemic’s impacts on companies and communities. In the second half of 2020, the parks surveyed resumed visitation with the use of sanitary measures. The data indicates the return, albeit a small one, of visitors compared to historical numbers in these areas.

Keywords

• Tourism
• National Parks
• Protected Areas
• Public Use
• Covid-19.