Aspectos ambientais da capacidade de carga turística na trilha do Kuatá, Comunidade Nova Esperança, Terra Indígena São Marcos, Pacaraima-Roraima

Abstract

The traditional models of tourism development generate strong negative effects on the areas, causing degradation. No form of tourism has escaped this, because in all of them natural resources are used as raw material. The objective of this study was to analyze the use of the Kuatá trail as a tourist space in the Nova Esperança Community, São Marcos Indigenous Land, Pacaraima - Roraima. The approach was of a quantitative, bibliographic and field nature, once the authorization of the community was obtained, the carrying capacity of the tourist in the leisure area and surroundings was determined through the application of the Cifuentes methodology that defines the tourist carrying capacity considering three levels to be calculated: physical load capacity (CCF); real load capacity (CCR); effective or permissible load capacity (CCE), which establish the maximum number of visits that a protected wild area can receive according to its physical, biological and handling conditions at the time of the study. The results obtained showed that the management capacity reached a value of 38.88%, evidencing the need to implement the infrastructure, both physical and human resources that the trail needs to develop EcoTourism in a safe way and the minimum comfort for the visitors, with the objective of valuing tourist products, encouraging both the return and the arrival of new visitors, ensuring a flow of people who manage to secure the fundraising for the unit and for the surrounding populations. This indicator is recommended, as it facilitates constant monitoring, feedback on actions and permanence of the destination over time, seeking to meet the expectations of visitors and generating a harmonious relationship with the environment. In fact, load capacity studies are common and are among the first instruments that have been implemented, in order to make the concept of sustainability viable, in relation to the management of tourism activity.