Turismo alternativo como forma de resistência à turistificação de massa nos municípios da Área de Proteção Ambiental Costa dos Corais em Alagoas/Brasil

Abstract

Thepresent workhasasits spatial focus themunicipalities that are part of the APA Costa dos Corais (APACC), on thenorth coast of the Alagoas state. In this part of Alagoas, the predominant tourist segment is sun and sea tourism, which, despite its importance forthe local economy, has been thesubject of concern regarding its environmental impacts. This work aims tounderstand alternative tourism asa form ofresistance to the touristification of mass tourism in the study area. The methodology used included reading scientific works, involving dissertations and papers, field visits, photographic records and access to the Database of the Territory, Tourism and Development Laboratory (LTTD/IGDEMA/UFAL). Theworkshows that in the case of the north coast of Alagoas, mass tourism develops based on thetourist segment of"Sun and Sea", carried out on the various beaches and natural pools inthe region. However, inaddition tothe masstourism offers, the municipalitiesthat makeup APACChave also been experiencing the emergence ofalternative offers. It is concludedthat, despite the predominance of mass tourism, alternative tourism has been expanding in the region, representing great potential to function asa strategy of resistance to masstourism and its impacts. At the same time that it also proposes this work, objectives that could be met by theGeography teacher in the classroom, in ordertopromotethelearning and critical sense of students about tourism and geography, especially students who live in the APACCregion in Alagoas.