Elaboração de um banco de dados geográfico para suporte ao turismo na Chapada dos Veadeiros - GO

Abstract

Data from the Ministry of Tourism (MTur) show that 19% of the total number of tourists visiting Brazil point to ecotourism and adventure tourism as the main motivation for their trip, being one of the fastest growing activities in the country, with emphasis on the practice of modalities of activities in contact with the natural environments in the Chapada dos Veadeiros region. However, for the segment to strengthen itself in a sustainable way, contributing not only to environmental preservation, but above all to socioeconomic development, planning is necessary. The large amount of information available in a disorderly way on the web and the lack of a public system containing all information related to tourism, makes it difficult to plan itineraries and to communicate between managers and tourists. In view of this need, the objective of this work was to develop a Geographical Database (BDG) from the collection of information on tourist attractions, infrastructure and environmental characteristics that made it possible to process this data in an organized way, ensuring the integrity of information and how planning and management instrument, integrated to a Geographic Information System (GIS), which allowed the storage of essential information for tourism, handling large volumes of georeferenced information, carrying out spatial consultations and creating cartographic documentation to support the planning and management of tourist activity in Chapada dos Veadeiros in Goiás.