Empreendimentos turísticos em formação: um estudo de caso nos flutuantes no Tarumã-Açu em Manaus - Amazonas

Abstract

The Tarumã Açu Hydrographic Basin, located within the urban area of Manaus, has several floating houses such as bars, restaurants and types of sevice. With great potential for several tourism segments, Tarumã Açu receives an increasing number of visitors who seek contact with nature and Amazonian culture, generating jobs and boosting the local economy. However, this potentially tourism area has been growing without adequate planning and under severe anthropic pressure, interventions such as urban sprawl, occupation of the riparian forests and, consequently, the possible compromise of all its biodiversity. This research aim is to analyzing the impacts of services and floating offers in the Tarumã Açu Hydrographic Basin. As a result, the importance of the environmental awareness of local entrepreneurship is presented, by adopting sustainable practices in the performance of their activities, such as effluent treatment stations (ETE); The growing number of floating houses in the area in these past few years, the lack of adequate monitoring by the institutions responsible for the management and supervision of the area and also the area potential to become a important tourist zone for the region.