Vem ver Guararapes: uma proposta de turismo cidadão em Jaboatão dos Guararapes - PE

Abstract

Jaboatão dos Guararapes is a municipality of the state of Pernambuco that has a high tourist potential, in addition to cultural and natural wealth. However, the present paper raises issues about the lack of use of this potential and offers a proposal to encourage the tourist activity in the place. The project objective’s the elaboration of three tourist itineraries that will happen in relevant spots on the sundays. The itineraries offer different modalities to get around: bicycles, bus and walking, and the registrations of interested parties will be carried out in an accessible, practical and free of charge way. The idea for this project was inspired by Olha! Recife — a tourism awareness project, which happens in the city of Recife — from the group members' experience who participated in a walking tour. So, such a proposal fitz in the concept of citizen tourist, discussed by scholars in the field of tourism and, it aims to think about the tourism activity with a focus on the local population, but without discarding the visitors. For the information survey, research was carried out through an online questionnaire with seventeen questions for surveying information about the tourism activity of the city and to understand the survey take’s profile. The form was widely disseminated and made available to residents of the various neighborhoods of Jaboatão. From this information, it was identified a big lack of awareness of the attractions by the population, as well as a low frequency of visitation of the spaces and attractions of the destination. So, the itineraries presented by the project, through the support of the City Hall and the other proposed segment, glimpses the promotion of tourism in Jaboatão, from the expansion of the number of visitors to the city, the movementation of the economy and developing a sense of belonging in the local residents.