ANÁLISE DA SUSTENTABILIDADE AMBIENTAL DOS ATRATIVOS NATURAIS EM PROPRIEDADES PARTICULARES DA CIDADE DE GOIÁS

Abstract

The object of this study was to analyze the environmental sustainability of natural tourist attractions at three private properties in the municipality of Cidade de Goiás (City of Goiás) and identify the management situation of these enterprises, utilizing as reference the sustainable principles and the environmental requirements described in the Course Program on Sustainable Tourism of the Hospitality Institute. Firstly, it was established a description of concepts and assumptions of Tourism, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Tourism and Ecotourism, as supporting parameters in order to develop the field study. Following the step mentioned above, a descriptive reference of the municipality has been carried out, considering that nowadays this place is a world historic heritage, a region of great tourist attractions in the state of Goiás. This municipality has also been named as Caminho do ouro (The track to gold) by Mtur (Tourism Department) and AGETUR (Goiás Tourism Agency). This local research made it possible to conduct a diagnosis of the present situation on the site and through this procedure a problem, regarding management has been identified, pointing out a necessity of evaluating the tourist behavior because there are relevant requirements to be put into practice in order to achieve a successful environmental sustainability of the enterprises. One of the positive facts noticed is that businessmen involved in this kind of enterprise are committed to promoting necessary actions to develop environmental education for all the ones involved, such as, employees, tourists and the community itself, trying to follow a successful path to reach behaving on the basis of sustainable development.