PARQUE NACIONAL SERRA DE ITABAIANA-SE: REALIDADE E GESTÃO

Abstract

Ecotourism is an activity expanding due to direct contact with nature visitor. This practice can be developed in areas called protected areas, and the category of national park is the most sought by visitors because this has many attractions, enabling the development of environmental education activities in order to alert visitors to not there is such an impact during his visitation. The mountain National Park Itabaiana is a conservation unit that receives visitations on their historical, religious and cultural significance of the mountain. However, disordered visitation is causing serious impacts to trails and attractive points. In this context, the present study aimed to survey the infrastructure and the impacts caused by visitors to the mountain PARNA Itabaiana. For this, a semi-structured questionnaire with different visitors several interesting sites and access roads within the national park was applied. For them, the PA provides not only recreational and ecological benefits as a natural resource, demonstrating a bit keen insight. The monitoring visits will allow the planning of management activities, to meet the needs of its patrons. We suggest the implementation of environmental education programs using techniques of environmental interpretation to sharpen the sensitivity of existing visitor on environmental issues within the PARNA, such as drafting a quick visit with a proper language to the type of visitor that frequents the park.