Avaliação da capacidade de carga e percepção dos turistas em relação à qualidade ambiental e gestão de praias no município de Inhambane: O caso da praia do Tofo

Abstract

Tourism is one of the activities that generates the most impacts (generation of employment, income, improvement of the quality of life; degradation of natural resources, change in cultural characteristics of residents, environmental pollution) in destination locations, so it is clear that such impacts can be translated into benefits or not. The beach do Tofo is a recognized destination in Mozambique, famous for offering sun and beach tourism, predominant in high season. Therefore, this location is suitable for studying the impacts generated by tourist activity, so that plans and strategies for managing coastal areas can be generated. The aim This work is to identify, based on tourists' opinions, the optimal number of visitors that can be made to beach without changing the environmental conditions, indicate their degree of satisfaction in relation to the characteristics of the beach. The results indicated that visitors were satisfied with their visit to the beach and Regarding the degree of acceptance, the optimal number was 501 people, daily. Respondents rated all attributes of the beach as important, although some did not meet expectations in terms of satisfaction. Some of the respondents left free comments claiming that there tends to be an increase in visitors in peak season. The results allowed the identification of aspects to be improved by beach administration (placement of changing rooms/showers, improvement of parking spaces for vehicles), at least that they need to be taken into consideration in order to improve the image and quality of the destination making it possible to attract more visitors. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA).