TOURISM IN NATURE CONSERVATION UNITS: A STUDY OF ACTIVITIES DEVELOPED IN ``PARQUE NACIONAL DE ILHA GRANDE`` AND ``APA FEDERAL DAS ILHAS E VÁRZEAS DO RIO PARANÁ``

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.21633223221110

• Palavras-chave: SWOT matrix; Opportunities; Tourism in rural areas.

• Keywords: SWOT matrix; Opportunities; Tourism in rural areas.

• Abstract:

  Among the tourism categories, tourism carried out in rural areas has gained prominence in the Brazilian scenario. Inserted in this environment are the Nature Conservation Units – UCs, which, among other duties, must support the sustainable use of natural resources in their protected spaces through tourism. This qualitative/descriptive methodology study, with a non-probabilistic sample using the SWOT matrix and data collection form, aimed to survey the potential of `` Parque Nacional da Ilha Grande`` (PNIG) and the ``APA Federal das Ilhas e Várzeas do Rio Paraná`` (APA Federal IVRP) in inducing tourism in rural areas in two projects in the municipality of Altônia-PR. To collect the data, semi-structured interviews and on-site visits were carried out, as a result of the brief survey, it was concluded that the PNIG and APA Federal IVRP conservation units currently have little impact, positively or negatively, on tourism activities, gaining prominence some opportunities that insertion into the legally protected natural environment can bring or maintain for tourism on its properties.