Experiências de turismo em unidades de conservação em áreas haliêuticas no Estado do Pará/Amazônia

Abstract

Tourism as a multidimensional activity has in the biosocial resources its main product, which in the Amazon is concentrated in Protected Areas, especially those located on coastal areas, with their rich ecosystems of beautiful landscape and of adventures demanded by tourism. The East Amazon, which was inhabited in the pre ‑ history by population specialized in getting aquatic resources for their reproduction, is now going through transformations, among them, creation of Protected Areas and tourism. How these transformations are going on is debated, discussing how local communities of Northeast of Pará State participate or not in the creation of Protected Areas and how tourism is managed and designed. The relevance of this discussion is due to the fact that social diversity in the Amazon be ignored by State, not only in the creation of environmental politics, but also in providing alternatives of development for these communities, such as tourism.