A prática do turismo de natureza em hotéis de selva do estado do Amazonas e sua relação com as ações estratégicas da política nacional de ecoturismo

Abstract

The practice of the tourism in natural areas is rising in the last years. This activity is attracting a significant number of visitors in regions with natural resources, that before were dislocated to littoral localities. The Amazon region is the detainer of an imponent forest and a huge river; that is the reason it was the first one to construct hotel establishments in natural areas. However, in the last complex new years they have appeared in the region, and there is no information if these hotels adopt the Strategical Actions of the National Politics of ecoturism (EMBRATUR, 1994), in order to guarantee to the local populations, better conditions of life and the maintenance of the natural resources. It is not known if the establishments have characteristics of hotel lodges or ecolodges. In this case, the research wants to identify the use of the strategical actions in the forest hotels, as its characteristics too.