Diagnóstico das situações traumáticas que ocorrem durante a prática de actividades de animação turística na Praia do Tofo

Abstract

The research is justified by the fact that traumatic situations in tourist entertainment activities, still be a challenge faced by the tourism sector, as they are unexpected events and often unavoidable, and may threaten the physical or psychological integrity of the tourist. The research took place on the beach of tofo, with the aim of investigating traumatic situations that occur during the practice of tourist entertainment. As for the type of study the research is applied, as for the objectives it is exploratory and descriptive, in terms of the approach is qualitative and quantitative and in terms of technical procedures the research it is bibliographic, documentary and field. The research used the questionnaire, interview and script observation. A total of 119 tourists were interviewed, of which 44.5% were female and 55.5% were male. male sex. According to the results, 34.5% of tourists have experienced traumatic situations during the practice of entertainment activities on Tofo beach. With the results it is concluded that the situations traumatic events that occur during the practice of tourist entertainment activities are, loss of consciousness, breathing difficulties, nasal fractures, elbow abrasions, cuts on the arms, injuries to the knee, sprained ankle, cuts and punctures with glass, knee sprains and headaches and can be classified according to their origin as traumatic, according to their severity as mild and serious, in terms of their location, these situations are located in parts of the body, such as the nose, elbow arms, knee, ankle, foot and head and in terms of chronicity, they are classified as acute. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)