Profile and environmental perception of visitors at river dolphins floating, Anavilhanas National Park, Novo Airão – AM

Authors

  • Marcelo Derzi Vidal Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade – ICMBio
  • Priscila Maria da Costa Santos Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade – ICMBio
  • Camila Vasconcelos de Oliveira Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia
  • Lara Clímaco de Melo Universidade Federal do Paraná – UFPR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v7i3.583

Keywords:

Inia geoffrensis, Conservation Unit, Tourism.

Abstract

In River Dolphins Floating, situated in the Anavilhanas National Park, municipality of Novo Airão-AM, develops tourism interactive with Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis). Interactions with those animals began in 1998 and since then, the enterprise has become the main tourist spot in the city. Here is presented the profile and perception of environmental 119 visitors of the River Dolphins Floating and concluded that tourism interactive with cetaceans in Anavilhanas National Park is positive both in the economic and social council of the Novo Airão, therefore directly and indirectly promotes the generation income, as under environmental, since the tourism model implemented is seen by visitors as a tool that contributes to the conservation of Amazon River Dolphin.

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Author Biographies

Marcelo Derzi Vidal, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade – ICMBio

Mestre em Ecologia pelo Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia –INPA. Pesquisador do Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação da Sociobiodiversidade Associada a Povos e Comunidades Tradicionais – CNPT/ICMBio

Priscila Maria da Costa Santos, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade – ICMBio

Mestre em Geografia pela Universidade Federal Fluminense – UFF. Chefe do Parque Nacional de Anavilhanas – ICMBio

Camila Vasconcelos de Oliveira, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia

Graduanda em Engenharia Florestal

Lara Clímaco de Melo, Universidade Federal do Paraná – UFPR

Mestranda em Manejo Florestal

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Published

2013-12-12

How to Cite

Vidal, M. D., Santos, P. M. da C., Oliveira, C. V. de, & Melo, L. C. de. (2013). Profile and environmental perception of visitors at river dolphins floating, Anavilhanas National Park, Novo Airão – AM. Revista Brasileira De Pesquisa Em Turismo, 7(3), 419–435. https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v7i3.583

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2013): September/December

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