Effects and transformations of tourism in the territorial context of Ibitipoca State Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sancho-Pivoto, Altair; Alves, Alexandre Fonseca; Dias, Vitor Nogueira

doi:10.7784/rbtur.v14i2.1751

Altair Sancho-Pivoto E-mail: altairsancho@hotmail.com

Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.

Informations about the authors Altair Sancho-Pivoto He is a professor and researcher of Department of Tourism at Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). Coordinator of the Research Centre for Tourism, Territory and Social and Environmental Development - CITURDES / UFJF. He holds a PhD in Geography/UFMG (2016), MA in Psychosociology of Communities and Social Ecology/UFRJ (2007) and a BA in Tourism/UFJF (2004). He works in the areas of tourism, planning and land use, with emphasis on interfaces with public tourism policies, community development projects, and protected areas. Contributions: research design, literature review, data collection and analysis, discussion of results.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9943-1334

Alexandre Fonseca Alves E-mail: aalves.aa728@gmail.com

Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.

Informations about the authors Alexandre Fonseca Alves He is a geography student (UFJF). He is Tutorial Education Group (GET/TUR) Scholarship holder and volunteer at CITURDES - Centre for Research in Tourism, Territory and Social and Environmental Development, coordinated by Altair Sancho Pivoto. He develops research projects in the area of tourism in conservation units, its impacts and implications. Contributions: literature review, data collection and analysis, discussion of results

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6520-0378

Vitor Nogueira Dias E-mail: vitor.dias14@hotmail.com

Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.

Informations about the authors Vitor Nogueira Dias He graduated in Human Sciences and holds a BA in Tourism (UFJF). He held a scientific initiation scholarship within the Project “Development of indicators to measure the impacts of tourism in territorial context of Ibitipoca State Park”, coordinated by Altair Sancho Pivoto. Contributions: literature review, analysis, and discussion of result

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2475-0549

Informations about the authors

Altair Sancho-Pivoto

He is a professor and researcher of Department of Tourism at Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). Coordinator of the Research Centre for Tourism, Territory and Social and Environmental Development - CITURDES / UFJF. He holds a PhD in Geography/UFMG (2016), MA in Psychosociology of Communities and Social Ecology/UFRJ (2007) and a BA in Tourism/UFJF (2004). He works in the areas of tourism, planning and land use, with emphasis on interfaces with public tourism policies, community development projects, and protected areas.

Contributions: research design, literature review, data collection and analysis, discussion of results.

E-mail: altairsancho@hotmail.com

Informations about the authors

Alexandre Fonseca Alves

He is a geography student (UFJF). He is Tutorial Education Group (GET/TUR) Scholarship holder and volunteer at CITURDES - Centre for Research in Tourism, Territory and Social and Environmental Development, coordinated by Altair Sancho Pivoto. He develops research projects in the area of tourism in conservation units, its impacts and implications.

Contributions: literature review, data collection and analysis, discussion of results

E-mail: aalves.aa728@gmail.com

Informations about the authors

Vitor Nogueira Dias

He graduated in Human Sciences and holds a BA in Tourism (UFJF). He held a scientific initiation scholarship within the Project “Development of indicators to measure the impacts of tourism in territorial context of Ibitipoca State Park”, coordinated by Altair Sancho Pivoto.

Contributions: literature review, analysis, and discussion of result

E-mail: vitor.dias14@hotmail.com

Economic Dimension
Average visitor expenditure	Average expenditure on accommodation
	Average expenditure on food
	Average expenditure on tours/ leisure and recreational activities
	Average expenditure on local products
Tourism-related establishments	Number of tourism-related enterprises
	Percentage of enterprises in the tourism sector
	Growth rate of tourism-related ventures.
Jobs	Number of people employed in the tourism sector
	Percentage of people employed in the tourism sector
	Growth rate of the number of people employed in the tourism sector
Income	Average annual income in the tourism sector
	Average annual income of people employed in the tourism sector
	Growth rate of the average annual income in the tourism sector
	Growth rate of the average annual income of people employed in the tourism sector
Importance of the Park	Ibitipoca State Park’s annual fundraising
Importance of the Park	Number of visitors
Cost of living (inflation)	Residents’ perceptions of the rising cost of living related to tourism.
Environmental Dimension
Waste generation and management	% of use of waste treatment techniques.
Waste generation and management	% of use of recycling techniques
Environmental education actions	For local inhabitants
	For staff
	For visitors
Conservation Index	Percentage of protected area in the Ibitipoca State Park’s buffer zone
	Protection of water sources
	Percentage of environmental fines in tourist attractions/ventures
	Trampling on species in Ibitipoca State Park
State of conservation of trails in Ibitipoca State Park	Siltation
	Floods
	Garbage piles
Pollution	Noise pollution perceived by locals and visitors
Pollution	Visual pollution perceived by locals and visitors
Adoption of sustainable practices	Existence of socio-environmental certifications
	Socio-environmental projects
	Energy saving actions
	Adoption of techniques for water saving.
Political-territorial dimension
Level of democratic governance	Representativity
	Parity
	Level of engagement
	Integration and transversality
	Transparency
Tourism-related conflicts	Tensions and territorial disputes
Tourism-related conflicts	Tensions and confrontations between residents and visitors
Ecotourism planning actions in Ibitipoca State Park	Public use plan
	Effectiveness of the Public Use Plan
	Monitoring and evaluation
Ecotourism planning actions in Ibitipoca State Park’s surrounding area	Standardisation of ecotourism
	Level of integration between actions of planning of the ecotourism
	Monitoring and evaluation
Sociocultural Dimension
Valuing and strengthening of cultural manifestations by tourism	Rescuing of traditions and cultural practices
	Maintenance of manifestations and cultural practices
	Cultural exchanges
Impact of tourism on the way of life	Generation and/or aggravation of social issues
Impact of tourism on the way of life	Changing of routines and sociocultural traditions, rural exodus, abandonment of cultural practices, new habits caused by visitors (consumerism)
Awareness raising toward ecotourism (residents and visitors)	Actions taken by Ibitipoca State Park
	Actions taken by local institutions
	Actions taken by external institutions
Ecotourism training	Number of establishments that provide training for their staff
	Professional qualification/ requalification training promoted by Ibitipoca State Park
	Citizen education for and by ecotourism promoted by Ibitipoca State Park.
Role of the Park in valuing/strengthening local culture	Taken and/or in motion project and actions
Role of the Park in valuing/strengthening local culture	Support to local initiatives
Spatial dimension
Road traffic	Traffic jams
Landscape	Changes in the local landscape related to tourism

[1] Informations about the authors

Altair Sancho-Pivoto

He is a professor and researcher of Department of Tourism at Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). Coordinator of the Research Centre for Tourism, Territory and Social and Environmental Development - CITURDES / UFJF. He holds a PhD in Geography/UFMG (2016), MA in Psychosociology of Communities and Social Ecology/UFRJ (2007) and a BA in Tourism/UFJF (2004). He works in the areas of tourism, planning and land use, with emphasis on interfaces with public tourism policies, community development projects, and protected areas.

Contributions: research design, literature review, data collection and analysis, discussion of results.

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Effects and transformations of tourism in the territorial context of Ibitipoca State Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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