CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOURIST LANDSCAPE OF AIURUOCA-MG: CONTENT ANALYSIS OF TOURISTS' REPORTS IN THE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
Natural Landscape, Cultural Landscape, Tourism, South of Minas.
This dissertation aims to understand the construction of the tourist landscape of the municipality of Aiuruoca, located in the south of Minas Gerais, analyzing the discursive reports provided by tourists in the virtual environment. These reports can help to understand the way that visitors describe the locality, and also suggest the landscape idealized by new tourists, from the contact with such texts. At first, the geographic historical rescue of the municipality of Aiuruoca is developed, highlighting the relationship between the development of the locality and the physical environment and its natural attractions, and, later, the socio-spatial dynamics of the municipality are presented, with emphasis on the issue and the rural space. and tourism. So, from the concepts of place, space and their relationship to the perception of the landscape, we obtain what we call here the tourist's gaze. We found this tourist's gaze in the perception of the landscape through the discursive reports offered by travelers in the virtual environment. After analyzing these discourses, using online social research techniques and content analysis software, we obtain the categorization of these texts. As a result, we can highlight the expressiveness of the natural attractions in the construction of the landscape of the municipality, as well as its relationship with cultural elements, especially the cuisine, this relationship, between the natural and cultural landscape, is mediated by the equipment that support the tourism sector. It is also possible to point out that the territory of the municipality is expressed in a heterogeneous way, that is, it is possible to perceive different landscapes within its limits, such as areas predominantly focused on tourism potential and areas used by agriculture.