Representações do turismo em Lavras Novas

potencial de geração de conflitos ambientais

Abstract

Non-agricultural economic activities set the new rural space in Brazil. Among these activities, rural tourism highlights by its disorderly exploration that causes environmental, social and cultural impacts. The present article comprehends a section of Estrada Real a official route which was used by Portuguese Royal Family to transport gold from mines to coast –, and nowadays is inserted in the Brazilian tourism national politics. The Estrada Real route is marked by a conflict of interest. Urban groups are attracted to route by the economical exploration of tourism or by the bucolic landscape offered by the villages. By the other side, local population looks for lost autonomy of politic decisions. Were detected river contamination, visual and noise pollutions as impacts of tourism activity. The objective of present article was to verify the impact of lost politic autonomy of local population in the environmental conflicts in Estrada Real.