Identificação e mapeamento de áreas potenciais para atividades turísticas do município de Rio Tinto, Paraíba, Brasil

Abstract

The tourism is now considered the largest economic activity on the planet and Brazil has one of the greatest potential for expansion of ecotourism around the world as one of the countries with greatest biodiversity on the planet. The tool Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been used with great success in several cities for planning and managing the various spatial information inherent in their activities. Therefore, this project emphasized the identification of potential areas for tourism activities of Rio Tinto – PB, taking as a technical tool, the use of Geoprocessing. To develop this work were made Bibliographic Surveys and Mapping, where the acquired cards were digitized, field researches were also made in order to identify potential areas, and then was performed the data processing and integration of them in a GIS environment where they were generated thematic maps. The Geographical Database generated in the research presented: 20 points collected in the field using GPS, with information about accessibility, historical information, natural features, and a photographic collection, showing natural attractions, potential floristic and cultural aspects, as well as a survey of the main attractions of the city. As a final product of our project were generated thematic maps using Geoprocessing software.