Orientador: Gisele Maria Schwartz / Banca: Maria Regina Simões / Banca: Sebastião Gobbi / Resumo: Este estudo, de natureza qualitativa, tem como objetivo, analisar a participação e as emoções de indivíduos idosos em atividades de aventura na natureza, identificando o significado dessas vivências para esta população, os parâmetros relacionados aos motivos de aderência, as relações de valores referentes a essas experiências na vida dos idosos e as principais dificuldades encontradas nessas práticas. O estudo foi realizado em duas etapas, a primeira relacionada a uma revisão de literatura a respeito das temáticas propostas e a segunda, a uma pesquisa exploratória, utilizando-se como instrumento uma entrevista estruturada. A amostra intencional do estudo foi formada por 15 indivíduos idosos, com faixa etária acima de 60 anos, de ambos os sexos, praticantes regulares dessas atividades, oferecidas por empresas de ecoturismo, da cidade de Brotas/SP. Os dados coletados foram analisados descritivamente, por meio da técnica de Análise de Conteúdo Temático e indicam que, nos motivos de aderência, a família e amigos foram os responsáveis por levarem essas pessoas a praticarem essas atividades, seguidos da curiosidade em conhecê-las e do fato de estarem em contato com a natureza. Também foi mencionada a busca de novas experiências e a necessidade de fazer uma atividade física. Referente ao indicador sobre valores, tanto o significado como as modificações na vida dos idosos, foram altamente positivos, não só na mudança de atitudes e auto-estima, como na auto-percepção. Já as emoções sentidas antes da vivência foram ligeiramente negativas, decorrentes da expectativa e da ansiedade. As emoções durante e após foram semelhantes e positivas. Em relação às dificuldades encontradas pelos idosos para essas práticas, o deslocamento para as cidades que as oferecem, o alto custo das mesmas e alguns equipamentos... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This study, of a qualitative nature, aimed to analyze the participation and the emotions of elderly in adventure activities in nature, by identifying the meaning of these experiences, the values related to these experiences in the life of the elderly, and the main difficulties found in these practices. The study was carried out in two phases, being the first one related to a literature revision regarding the thematic proposals and the second referring to an exploratory research, using a structured interview as an instrument for collection of the data. The sample of the study comprised 15 aged individuals, with age above of 60 years, of both sexes. They were selected intentionally, based on previous experience, offered by eco tourism companies, of Brotas/SP. Data were descriptively analyzed, by Content Analysis and indicate that referring to adherence family and friends were responsible for introducing them into these activities, followed by the curiosity to know them and the fact of being in contact with nature. Referring to values, the meaning such as the changes of the elderly were positive, even in attitudes, self-steam and awareness. Regarding to emotions before the activities they were slightly negative, derived from expectation and anxiety. Emotions during and after the activities were similar and positive. In relation to difficulties, the displacement to the cities that offer this activities, the increasing cost of them and of the equipment, together with the lack of information and of adapted activities, the prejudice regarding the elderly and the fear were mentioned by the elderly. Based on these data it becomes a challenge to amplify awareness and insertion of the elderly in regular... (Complete abstract, click electronic address below) / Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006-02-24Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:15:48Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 dias_vk_me_rcla.pdf: 438089 bytes, checksum: 55315cdb787f215af7b7f2a207635068 (MD5) / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / Este estudo, de natureza qualitativa, tem como objetivo, analisar a participação e as emoções de indivíduos idosos em atividades de aventura na natureza, identificando o significado dessas vivências para esta população, os parâmetros relacionados aos motivos de aderência, as relações de valores referentes a essas experiências na vida dos idosos e as principais dificuldades encontradas nessas práticas. O estudo foi realizado em duas etapas, a primeira relacionada a uma revisão de literatura a respeito das temáticas propostas e a segunda, a uma pesquisa exploratória, utilizando-se como instrumento uma entrevista estruturada. A amostra intencional do estudo foi formada por 15 indivíduos idosos, com faixa etária acima de 60 anos, de ambos os sexos, praticantes regulares dessas atividades, oferecidas por empresas de ecoturismo, da cidade de Brotas/SP. Os dados coletados foram analisados descritivamente, por meio da técnica de Análise de Conteúdo Temático e indicam que, nos motivos de aderência, a família e amigos foram os responsáveis por levarem essas pessoas a praticarem essas atividades, seguidos da curiosidade em conhecê-las e do fato de estarem em contato com a natureza. Também foi mencionada a busca de novas experiências e a necessidade de fazer uma atividade física. Referente ao indicador sobre valores, tanto o significado como as modificações na vida dos idosos, foram altamente positivos, não só na mudança de atitudes e auto-estima, como na auto-percepção. Já as emoções sentidas antes da vivência foram ligeiramente negativas, decorrentes da expectativa e da ansiedade. As emoções durante e após foram semelhantes e positivas. Em relação às dificuldades encontradas pelos idosos para essas práticas, o deslocamento para as cidades que as oferecem, o alto custo das mesmas e alguns equipamentos... / This study, of a qualitative nature, aimed to analyze the participation and the emotions of elderly in adventure activities in nature, by identifying the meaning of these experiences, the values related to these experiences in the life of the elderly, and the main difficulties found in these practices. The study was carried out in two phases, being the first one related to a literature revision regarding the thematic proposals and the second referring to an exploratory research, using a structured interview as an instrument for collection of the data. The sample of the study comprised 15 aged individuals, with age above of 60 years, of both sexes. They were selected intentionally, based on previous experience, offered by eco tourism companies, of Brotas/SP. Data were descriptively analyzed, by Content Analysis and indicate that referring to adherence family and friends were responsible for introducing them into these activities, followed by the curiosity to know them and the fact of being in contact with nature. Referring to values, the meaning such as the changes of the elderly were positive, even in attitudes, self-steam and awareness. Regarding to emotions before the activities they were slightly negative, derived from expectation and anxiety. Emotions during and after the activities were similar and positive. In relation to difficulties, the displacement to the cities that offer this activities, the increasing cost of them and of the equipment, together with the lack of information and of adapted activities, the prejudice regarding the elderly and the fear were mentioned by the elderly. Based on these data it becomes a challenge to amplify awareness and insertion of the elderly in regular... (Complete abstract, click electronic address below)

Orientador: Solange T. de Lima Guimarães / Banca: Iandara Alves Mendes / Banca: Odaléia Telles Marcondes Machado Queiroz / Resumo: O presente trabalho teve como objetivo analisar as atividades ecoturísticas e de aventura no contexto paisagístico e ambiental do município paulista de São Bento do Sapucaí, localizado na região da Serra da Mantiqueira, e que hoje desponta no cenário nacional como um dos mais promissores à estas atividades. Através de levantamentos de campo, revisões bibliográficas, práticas esportivas in loco, e entrevistas com moradores, praticantes de atividades de aventura e organizadores de eventos relacionados a tais práticas, busca-se detalhar as características ambientais do município, as práticas esportivas nele desenvolvidas, as questões relacionadas a infra-estrutura, bem como os potenciais impactos ambientais decorrentes do uso e exploração dos recursos paisagísticos. Também são abordadas questões relacionadas com o envolvimento e participação do poder público, iniciativa privada, comunidade local e praticantes de esportes de aventura no processo de estruturação das atividades e o desenvolvimento social, econômico, cultural e ambiental do município. / Abstract: The aim of this research is to analyze the eco-tourism and adventure activities in the landscape and environmental context of a town located in the Serra da Mantiqueira, in the State of São Paulo, called São Bento do Sapucaí, one of the most promising places of this type in the country. By means of fieldwork, bibliographical reviews, sports practiced in loco and interviews with locals and people who do or organize these adventure activities, this study tries to point out in detail the environmental characteristics of the town and its region, the sports carried on there, infrastructure issues, as well as potential environmental impacts resulting from the use and exploitation of the landscape and natural resources. This study also analyzes questions related to the participation of the public government, private enterprise, the local community and adventure sportspeople in the process of organization of activities and the social, economic, cultural and environmental development of the town and its surrounding area. / Mestre

Orientador: Gustavo Luis Gutierrez / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Física / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T03:46:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cantorani_JoseRobertoHerrera_D.pdf: 4114274 bytes, checksum: f8a0d870de75de21f5ab0a008ada2a45 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: No atual cenário contemporâneo tem sido comum pessoas buscarem por atividades de lazer em contato com a natureza e na forma de aventura. Mais recentemente, no entanto, tem se verificado uma crescente busca por esse tipo de lazer entre as pessoas com deficiência. Esse cenário constitui-se um fato novo. E esse fato se revela na relação entre as interfaces do lazer, das atividades de aventura e da qualidade de vida. Frente a esse cenário, a presente pesquisa tem como objetivo compreender o significado da acessibilidade às atividades de aventura na natureza para a vida das pessoas com deficiência e, em consequência, para a qualidade de vida das mesmas. Esse objetivo perpassa também por identificar o significado da própria acessibilidade para a vida dessas pessoas, assim como o significado do acesso ao lazer de modo geral. Por sua amplitude, esta pesquisa é caracterizada por uma abordagem sociológica, considerando, especialmente, a necessidade de compreender a dinâmica em que ocorrem os fatos. O procedimento metodológico adotado é o da análise qualitativa, pois a relação entre práticas de lazer e as sensações que destas surgem, assim como a relação entre tais sensações e a qualidade de vida, foco do presente estudo, dificilmente é quantificável, pois envolve um universo de significados, motivos, aspirações, crenças, valores e atitudes que se sustentam na subjetividade. O delineamento adotado é o da pesquisa exploratória, pois este estudo visa maior familiaridade com o problema apresentado. O modelo conceitual e operacional é o da fertilização cruzada entre o raciocínio teórico e a realidade empírica. Para tal procedimento foram realizadas observações e entrevistas. Com as observações buscou-se verificar a eficiência dos equipamentos adaptados e as sensações dos praticantes. Com as entrevistas, buscou-se, a partir dos gestores, compreender o processo de desenvolvimento dessa adaptação e os objetivos da mesma. E com as pessoas com deficiência, buscou-se aprofundar o entendimento sobre o motivo da busca por tais atividades e sobre o significado dessa prática para as mesmas. As entrevistas foram gravadas, transcritas e analisadas. O local pré-estabelecido para a pesquisa de campo é a cidade de Socorro, em São Paulo. A escolha do local se deve ao fato desse município ter se lançado à aventura de participar de um projeto destinado ao desenvolvimento de formas e equipamentos adaptados para a prática de atividades de aventura para pessoas com deficiência. A análise valorizou o conjunto dos dados, numa perspectiva integrada, buscando explorar o fenômeno no contexto em que ocorre e do qual é parte. Os dados mostram que o município obteve um crescimento bastante significativo a partir do seu envolvimento e investimento nas atividades de aventura adaptadas. Os dados também mostram que é grande o número de pessoas com deficiência que buscam por essas atividades de lazer. E mostram ainda que o acesso a esse tipo de atividade resulta em aspectos significativamente positivos para a vida e para a qualidade de vida das pessoas com deficiência / Abstract: Nowadays it is common people seek for leisure activities in touch with nature and in the adventure form. More recently, however, it was verified an increasing search for this kind of leisure among people with disability. This scenario constitutes a new fact. Moreover, this fact reveals in the relation among leisure interfaces, the adventure activities and the quality of life. Front to this scenario, this research objectifies to comprehend the accessibility meaning to the adventure activities in nature for people's life with disability and consequently, for the quality of life of these. This objective is also to identify the meaning of the accessibility for the life of these people, as well as the leisure access meaning as a whole. For its amplitude, this research characterizes a sociological approach, considering especially the need to comprehend the dynamics in which things happen. The adopted methodological procedure is the qualitative analysis, because the relation between leisure practices and the feelings that they yield, as well as the relation between such feelings and the quality of life, the study focus, hardly is quantifiable, once it involves several meanings, reasons, aspirations, beliefs, values and attitudes that are sustained in subjectivity. The adopted delineation is the exploratory research, because this study aims larger familiarity with the presented problem. The conceptual and operational model is the cross-fertilization between theoretical reasoning and the empiric reality. For such procedure were performed observations and interviews. From the observations it objectified to verify the efficiency of adapted equipment and practitioners' feelings. From the interviews, it objectified, from the managers, to comprehend the development process of this adaptation and the goals of the same. And from people with disability, it objectified to improve the understanding about the search reason for such activities and the meaning of this practice for these people. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analyzed. The location pre-established for the field research is the city of Socorro, in the state of São Paulo. The location choice is due the fact of this municipal district proposed take part of a project destined to the forms and equipment development adapted for the adventure activities practice for people with disability. The analysis valued the data set, in an integrated perspective, seeking to explore the phenomenon in the context in which it occurs and which it is included. The data show that the municipal district obtained a very significant growth from its involvement and investment in adapted adventures activities. The data also show that it is elevated the number of people with disability that seek for these leisure activities. And show also that the access to that kind of activity results in significantly positive aspects for the life and quality of life of people with disability / Doutorado / Atividade Fisica Adaptada / Doutor em Educação Física

Adventure tourism is currently regarded as one of the fastest growing forms of nature-based tourism within the alternative tourism industry. Historically, adventure was only considered a by-product on journeys of discovery and exploration as travellers sought new land, wealth and knowledge. As the uncertainty surrounding travel diminished and more people began to travel further in search of new and exciting pursuits, the term adventure tourism began to take shape. Those who travelled further to remote and exotic nature-based settings to participate in unique and adventurous activities become known as adventure tourists. These travellers may be thought of as being the first adventure tourists, although modern-day adventure tourism has its origins in numerous historic themes in travel and ways of thinking, including those of explorers and adventurers, pilgrims, travel writer adventurers, merchants and traders, trekking, Outward Bound and World War periods. Although being a much debated topic amongst scholars, adventure tourism is described as travel to a remote, exotic or nature-based destination with the purpose of participating in adventure activities. Adventure activities are usually associated with risk, challenge and danger and are pursued for their ability to provide the participant with unknown outcomes, constricting emotions, educational opportunities, and novel, thrilling, stimulating, exciting and adrenaline rush experiences. Adventure activities also differ in respect of their requirements to competently overcome different levels of challenge. Challenges posed by adventure activities can range from the routine to the extreme and are therefore divided into two categories, namely soft and hard adventure activities. Soft adventure activities require little to no previous experience or skills as they only contain perceived levels of risk, whereas hard adventure activities are regarded as highly challenging activities that require great mental and physical effort to perform. The bulk of the adventure tourism market consists of soft adventure tourists. This is also true of the visitors who participate in adventure activities in national parks, as most adventure offerings in the parks consist of soft adventure activities, such as safaris, game drives, camping, and trail walking, to name but a few. A great number of these adventure activities are centred on family groups and more mature audiences, as they make up the majority of the market of visitors visiting South African National Parks. In other words, from the over 80% of funding that is self-generated by South African National Parks, these markets are considered primary contributors to park income. Unfortunately, it was estimated that by 2022 operational cost would have exceeded tourism profits due to the constant increase in conservation costs and land management costs. A feasible solution to this problem was identified; connecting a broader South African society with national parks to help support and protect the natural heritage of the parks. This included the development of new adventure activities for current and potentially new markets that will respond to both the adventure and wilderness lore of national parks. Therefore, the primary objective of this study was to determine tourist needs for adventure activities in South African National Parks. A literature analysis of adventure tourism and adventure tourism product development, which provided the background for the empirical study, was conducted. A quantitative research approach was followed by means of an electronic questionnaire that was posted on the SANParks web site under the sub-link 'Media & News', allowing for convenience sampling. Respondents had access to the questionnaire during the months of April and May 2014, from which 387 usable questionnaires were obtained. Data was analysed using descriptive and exploratory statistics for arriving at the empirical results. The socio-demographic profile of the majority of respondents who completed the questionnaire was found to be as follows: almost an equal number of females (51%) and males (49%) spoke English as a home language, married, obtained some kind of diploma or degree, averaged an age of 49 years, and resided in Gauteng or the Western Cape. Thirty-four percent (34%) of respondents included children in their travel party of which the majority were between the ages of nineteen to twenty-five years. It was also identified that respondents visited national parks an average of 8.54 times over a five-year period and stayed an average of two to seven nights, while most respondents were owners of a Wild Card. Most respondents indicated that they participated in adventure activities but felt that current adventure activities in national parks were sufficient. Respondents were also willing to pay for adventure activities in national parks, ranging from R101-R300 for an activity per person. Respondents were offered the opportunity to identify the level of importance between a list of soft and hard adventure activities for national parks, as well as motives for participating in adventure activities. Three factor analyses were conducted on these lists from which eight factors were identified for the soft adventure activities (water-based, interpretive, wildlife interaction, heritage, consumptive, trail/trekking, self-executing and team-based), three factors for the hard adventure activities (adrenaline rush, wilderness training and survival courses, and adventure sports) and two factors for adventure participation motives (internal and external motives). The most important soft adventure factor with the highest mean value was interpretive (safari/game viewing, night drives, bird watching, stargazing, guided walks and hot air ballooning), with self-executing (guided and unguided 4x4 trails and campsite camping) in second place, heritage (archaeological tours, historical tours, geographical tours and botanical tours) in third place and trail/trekking (backpacking, cycling routes, hiking and horseback safaris) in fourth place. Self-executing was also considered the only factor that had a positive small effect correlation with visits over the past five years, meaning that if visitor visits increase so does the importance of self-executing activities. Wilderness training and survival courses (field-guide training, wilderness camping, survival and wilderness training, and survival games) were considered as the most important hard adventure factor. Regarding adventure participation motives, respondents considered external motives, such as getting in touch with nature, spending time with family and friends, educational reasons, escaping routine and exploring a new destination, to be the most important reasons for participating in adventure activities. The profile of visitors who were most likely to participate in adventure activities was below the age of forty years and not a Wild Card member. It was also identified that males generally had a higher preference rate for adventure activities, including respondents that were either single or living together. In conclusion, this study found that there is a need for a variety of adventure activities in national parks and visitors are motivated by the social and environmental aspects of adventure activities, rather than by the performance thereof. The results in this study can assist South African National Parks in the development of appropriate adventure activities as a strategy to combat future increases in operational costs. / MA (Tourism Management), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Adventure tourism is currently regarded as one of the fastest growing forms of nature-based tourism within the alternative tourism industry. Historically, adventure was only considered a by-product on journeys of discovery and exploration as travellers sought new land, wealth and knowledge. As the uncertainty surrounding travel diminished and more people began to travel further in search of new and exciting pursuits, the term adventure tourism began to take shape. Those who travelled further to remote and exotic nature-based settings to participate in unique and adventurous activities become known as adventure tourists. These travellers may be thought of as being the first adventure tourists, although modern-day adventure tourism has its origins in numerous historic themes in travel and ways of thinking, including those of explorers and adventurers, pilgrims, travel writer adventurers, merchants and traders, trekking, Outward Bound and World War periods. Although being a much debated topic amongst scholars, adventure tourism is described as travel to a remote, exotic or nature-based destination with the purpose of participating in adventure activities. Adventure activities are usually associated with risk, challenge and danger and are pursued for their ability to provide the participant with unknown outcomes, constricting emotions, educational opportunities, and novel, thrilling, stimulating, exciting and adrenaline rush experiences. Adventure activities also differ in respect of their requirements to competently overcome different levels of challenge. Challenges posed by adventure activities can range from the routine to the extreme and are therefore divided into two categories, namely soft and hard adventure activities. Soft adventure activities require little to no previous experience or skills as they only contain perceived levels of risk, whereas hard adventure activities are regarded as highly challenging activities that require great mental and physical effort to perform. The bulk of the adventure tourism market consists of soft adventure tourists. This is also true of the visitors who participate in adventure activities in national parks, as most adventure offerings in the parks consist of soft adventure activities, such as safaris, game drives, camping, and trail walking, to name but a few. A great number of these adventure activities are centred on family groups and more mature audiences, as they make up the majority of the market of visitors visiting South African National Parks. In other words, from the over 80% of funding that is self-generated by South African National Parks, these markets are considered primary contributors to park income. Unfortunately, it was estimated that by 2022 operational cost would have exceeded tourism profits due to the constant increase in conservation costs and land management costs. A feasible solution to this problem was identified; connecting a broader South African society with national parks to help support and protect the natural heritage of the parks. This included the development of new adventure activities for current and potentially new markets that will respond to both the adventure and wilderness lore of national parks. Therefore, the primary objective of this study was to determine tourist needs for adventure activities in South African National Parks. A literature analysis of adventure tourism and adventure tourism product development, which provided the background for the empirical study, was conducted. A quantitative research approach was followed by means of an electronic questionnaire that was posted on the SANParks web site under the sub-link 'Media & News', allowing for convenience sampling. Respondents had access to the questionnaire during the months of April and May 2014, from which 387 usable questionnaires were obtained. Data was analysed using descriptive and exploratory statistics for arriving at the empirical results. The socio-demographic profile of the majority of respondents who completed the questionnaire was found to be as follows: almost an equal number of females (51%) and males (49%) spoke English as a home language, married, obtained some kind of diploma or degree, averaged an age of 49 years, and resided in Gauteng or the Western Cape. Thirty-four percent (34%) of respondents included children in their travel party of which the majority were between the ages of nineteen to twenty-five years. It was also identified that respondents visited national parks an average of 8.54 times over a five-year period and stayed an average of two to seven nights, while most respondents were owners of a Wild Card. Most respondents indicated that they participated in adventure activities but felt that current adventure activities in national parks were sufficient. Respondents were also willing to pay for adventure activities in national parks, ranging from R101-R300 for an activity per person. Respondents were offered the opportunity to identify the level of importance between a list of soft and hard adventure activities for national parks, as well as motives for participating in adventure activities. Three factor analyses were conducted on these lists from which eight factors were identified for the soft adventure activities (water-based, interpretive, wildlife interaction, heritage, consumptive, trail/trekking, self-executing and team-based), three factors for the hard adventure activities (adrenaline rush, wilderness training and survival courses, and adventure sports) and two factors for adventure participation motives (internal and external motives). The most important soft adventure factor with the highest mean value was interpretive (safari/game viewing, night drives, bird watching, stargazing, guided walks and hot air ballooning), with self-executing (guided and unguided 4x4 trails and campsite camping) in second place, heritage (archaeological tours, historical tours, geographical tours and botanical tours) in third place and trail/trekking (backpacking, cycling routes, hiking and horseback safaris) in fourth place. Self-executing was also considered the only factor that had a positive small effect correlation with visits over the past five years, meaning that if visitor visits increase so does the importance of self-executing activities. Wilderness training and survival courses (field-guide training, wilderness camping, survival and wilderness training, and survival games) were considered as the most important hard adventure factor. Regarding adventure participation motives, respondents considered external motives, such as getting in touch with nature, spending time with family and friends, educational reasons, escaping routine and exploring a new destination, to be the most important reasons for participating in adventure activities. The profile of visitors who were most likely to participate in adventure activities was below the age of forty years and not a Wild Card member. It was also identified that males generally had a higher preference rate for adventure activities, including respondents that were either single or living together. In conclusion, this study found that there is a need for a variety of adventure activities in national parks and visitors are motivated by the social and environmental aspects of adventure activities, rather than by the performance thereof. The results in this study can assist South African National Parks in the development of appropriate adventure activities as a strategy to combat future increases in operational costs. / MA (Tourism Management), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006-11-17Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:56:52Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 grecco_ap_me_rcla.pdf: 4063320 bytes, checksum: 51c90fc63d4f95a7223c976037da7213 (MD5) / O presente trabalho teve como objetivo analisar as atividades ecoturísticas e de aventura no contexto paisagístico e ambiental do município paulista de São Bento do Sapucaí, localizado na região da Serra da Mantiqueira, e que hoje desponta no cenário nacional como um dos mais promissores à estas atividades. Através de levantamentos de campo, revisões bibliográficas, práticas esportivas in loco, e entrevistas com moradores, praticantes de atividades de aventura e organizadores de eventos relacionados a tais práticas, busca-se detalhar as características ambientais do município, as práticas esportivas nele desenvolvidas, as questões relacionadas a infra-estrutura, bem como os potenciais impactos ambientais decorrentes do uso e exploração dos recursos paisagísticos. Também são abordadas questões relacionadas com o envolvimento e participação do poder público, iniciativa privada, comunidade local e praticantes de esportes de aventura no processo de estruturação das atividades e o desenvolvimento social, econômico, cultural e ambiental do município. / The aim of this research is to analyze the eco-tourism and adventure activities in the landscape and environmental context of a town located in the Serra da Mantiqueira, in the State of São Paulo, called São Bento do Sapucaí, one of the most promising places of this type in the country. By means of fieldwork, bibliographical reviews, sports practiced in loco and interviews with locals and people who do or organize these adventure activities, this study tries to point out in detail the environmental characteristics of the town and its region, the sports carried on there, infrastructure issues, as well as potential environmental impacts resulting from the use and exploitation of the landscape and natural resources. This study also analyzes questions related to the participation of the public government, private enterprise, the local community and adventure sportspeople in the process of organization of activities and the social, economic, cultural and environmental development of the town and its surrounding area.

1 Univerzita Karlova v Praze Přírodovědecká fakulta Katedra sociální geografie a regionálního rozvoje Studijní program: Geografie Studijní obor: Regionální a politická geografie Jan Michna POTENCIÁL DOBRODRUŽNÉHO CESTOVNÍHO RUCHU V KRÁLOVÉHRADECKÉM KRAJI POTENTIAL OF THE ADVENTURE TOURISM IN THE HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ REGION Diplomová práce Praha 2017 Vedoucí diplomové práce: RNDr. Jiří Vágner, Ph.D. 2 Potential of the adventure tourism in the hradec králové region Abstract This thesis deals with the characteristics of adventure tourism with a specific focus on selected adventure activities in the Hradec Králové Region. The first part focuses on the theoretical concepts of selected issues, the development of this fast growing form of tourism and offers an overview of approaches to assess the territorial potential for tourism. The empirical part is based on the evaluation of the geographical potential for selected activities of adventure tourism with usage of geoinformation systems. The benefits of this thesis include defining the most important destinations of adventure tourism in the region and, above all, finding new places with appropriate natural potential to develop adventure activities that could be an alternative to already established destinations. The results showed that even though the Hradec Králové...