Ambiguidades e contradições no discurso de naturofilia e nas práticas turísticas

• Main Author: Maria Geralda Almeida
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2008-01-01
• Series: Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente
• Subjects: nature; environment; tourism; love-of-nature.
• Online Access: http://ojs.c3sl.ufpr.br/ojs2/index.php/made/article/viewFile/13425/9050

The focus of this study is on the concepts of nature, environment and tourism. It especially seeks to take into account the meanings that our society assigns to its relationship with space and nature. The love-of-nature concept figures as a contradictory term since it stimulates a consumerist tourism of nature. The policies directed to tourism require more caution, and the author stresses the idea of shared responsibility as an alternative that makes the different actors embrace environmental management. Through the discussion of these questions, we can contribute to the theoretical and methodological debate on environment, nature, and tourism.