Crise ambiental, política climática e o turismo: algumas reflexões

Spaces for Collaborative Arrangements as Social Sustainability in Rural Accommodation in Brazil: Pouso dos Paula

“…Community-based tourism (CBT) has gained prominence as an alternative to mainstream mass tourism. Grimm and Sampaio [50] define CBT as a segment composed of social undertakings that offer their visitors activities, which, by their sharing character, are called experiences or interactions. The authors explain that these experiences occur, mainly, during visits to conservation units, where there is a stronger "connection between hosts and nature, staying in family houses where relationships become closer, more intimate, and authentic, as well as participation in local folk festivals where the community culture is experienced ( .…”

“…. )" [50] (p. 8). The term "community" is related to the values and norms that govern the forms of coexistence and organization, adopted by a certain human group, and that differentiates it from other actors in society [51].…”

“…Brazil has invested in activities in rural and natural areas, be it rural tourism, agritourism, or ecotourism [84][85][86]. Rural tourism in Brazil has been diversifying services that enable partnerships within cooperation and collaboration networks, with close relationships between farmers and exchange of information among visitors [50,80,81].…”

“…Among the activities of rural tourism, hospitality practiced by farming families has enabled different cultural experiences for "city" guests [50,80,81,83,85,[87][88][89]. Rural tourism in Brazil has fueled processes of social transformation that accumulate and interact with human, physical, and institutional capital [50,85] where rural accommodations (often built by mutirão [communal work]) are a source of pride, appreciation of local identity and culture, promotion of community participation, exchange of learning between residents and tourists, failure mitigation, and acknowledgement of joint achievements [80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94].…”

“…Grimm and Sampaio [50] define Brazilian rural accommodation as an enterprise that offers activities imbued by social sharing, especially in family lodging (when relationships become authentic and intimate), as well as in folk and popular festivals in the region. These social relations are more emphasized in the "alternative" accommodations, away from large cities.…”