Complementarity of the professional practice between tourist and environmental and cultural guides in Florianópolis: a case study

• Main Authors: Fabiana Calçada de Lamare Leite, Maria Helena Alemany Soares
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Essentia Editora 2014-02-01
• Series: Boletim do Observatório Ambiental Alberto Ribeiro Lamego
• Subjects: Guia de Turismo. Condutor Ambiental e Cultural. Educação Profissional. Florianópolis.
• Online Access: http://www.essentiaeditora.iff.edu.br/index.php/boletim/article/view/4935

The event reported in the paper took place in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, when the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina (IFSC) organized and hosted the II World Forum of Professional and Technological Education, from May 28 to June 1, 2012, at the Convention Center Centro Sul, The activity “Free Tourist Tours” was offered to participants of the event with the intention of showing them the city and its surrounding areas. As methodological tools, a survey and interviews were conducted with those who went sightseeing. The main objective was to examine the practical experience of the students of the Campus Florianópolis Continente who acted in the categories Tourist Guide and Cultural and Environmental Guide in the tours offered by the event.