Emergence of Geotourism Activity at João Pessoa Municipality and South Coast of Paraíba (Ne Brazil)

Luciano Schaefer Pereira,Lúcio Sobral Da Da Cunha,Marcos Antonio Leite Do Nascimento

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Abstract

The municipality of João Pessoa and the south coast of Paraíba, admittedly, is a tourist destination for sun and sea. It has a geomorphological, geological, pedological and hidrological heritage still little studied for geotourism purposes, whose contribution of this paper is to encourage discussions about this niche, yet incomplete, tourism, notably in the Paraíba State. The preliminary aim is to suggest potential sites that reflect the geodiversity of the area, with the aim of mapping the future of it, resulting the elaboration of a Geoturistic Guide of this coastal area. The geosedimentary history of the urban site of area dates back to the late moments of the separation of the supercontinent Pangea, forming the Paraiba basin. The urban development of geotourism in João Pessoa and surrondings is a dynamic way to publicize their geoheritage to a greater number of people, whether tourists or not, for it geoconservation. This practice still keeps its infancy, and the inventory of this geoheritage, as well as biotic and geomorphological heritage, with the intention of spreading the geosciences, it is necessary and is of huge importance to urban planning and management.

Highlights

Tourism activity has a long history, but it has never been as deeply discussed as it’s being in the aspects that associate cultural with natural features [12]
It is the role of academia to provide favorable means for the geotourist activity to develop, the mapping of geoheritage of the area, with its inventory and semiquantitative evaluation, and elaboration of the Geotouristic Guide, so that geointerpretation, an essential component of geotourism, can be prepared and used by planners
The present paper aims to make an initial public exposure of this geoheritage, hoping to foster subsequent mapping of interesting geotouristic sites, in order to insert them in urban geotouristic routes

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Introduction

Tourism activity has a long history, but it has never been as deeply discussed as it’s being in the aspects that associate cultural with natural features [12]. Brilha [4] considers the geoheritage synonymous of geological heritage, and his definition is “geosites set of a a local, geographically delimited, where there are geodiversity elements with unique values from a scientific point of view, educational, cultural or tourist. Geoheritage is considered as including the Geological Heritage, the Geomorphological Heritage, the Hydrological Heritage and the Pedological Heritage In this context, geotourism arises by inserting geodiversity elements on tourism, generating different physical spaces of appreciation, or using old spaces but viewed under a new light. Fossils, relief, soil, water, among others, are some examples of the elements that increased this tourist activity This geoheritage can be described and interpretated in sites, provided there are important aspects to promote its interpretation, and always aiming to benefit the local community, and introducing environmental awareness to the population involved. Visitors should receive high quality information about geodiversity and history of the visited sites, and should be aware, as well as the local population, that they must keep the quality of this geoheritage for the generations to come

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