TERRA DOS DINOSSAUROS: LA CONSTRUCCIÓN E IMPLEMENTACIÓN DEL TURISMO PALEONTOLÓGICO EN EL BARRIO RURAL DE PEIRÓPOLIS, UBERABA (MG, BRASIL)

CECILIA PÉREZ WINTER; AGUSTÍN GUILLERMO MARTINELLI; LUIZ CARLOS RIBEIRO BORGES

CulTur revista de cultura e turismo

Universidad Estadual de Santa Cruz

Lugar: Ilhéus; Año: 2013 vol. 1 p. 128 - 151

1982.5838

In order to generate a specific type of tourism in a locality, it is necessary to select certain elements (local Heritage, natural resources, among others) to offer as touristic attractions. In the case of the rural neighborhood of Peirópolis, located in Uberaba district (Minas Gerais, Brazil), its paleontological Heritage was selected to generate a paleontological tourism. The objectives of this paper are to analyze the Heritage and Touristification processes in Peirópolis. Through different techniques (participant observation, semi-structure interviews, and analyses of different types of sources), the result of the research are presented: the social construction and implementation of a paleontological tourism, tourism territorial appropriation, and, the construction of a touristic place in Peirópolis. All these processes and actions transformed the rural neighborhood identity of Peirópolis.