Tourism and elderly: intangible heritage as a factor of attraction for cultural tourism in rural areas

Authors

  • Lívia Morais Garcia Lima Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
  • Olga Rodrigues de Moraes von Simson Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-4867.v21i3p517-538

Keywords:

cultural tourism, historical farms, gerontology, oral history.

Abstract

The research aimed to investigate and analyze the ways the São Paulo historical rural properties worries in provide activities for the leisure of elderly, working the cultural tourism with a concern of non-formal patrimonial education and under a qualitative focus. The Oral History method was used for gathering information about the intangible heritage and collect the demands of the elderly public. The collect of testimonials was accompanied by the execution of a field journal in association with a photographic register of the educational and tourist activities, as observed in two selected farms. To better evaluate programs for the elderly public need an effective connection between the elements found in each participating farm, designed to articulate effective strategies for cultural tourism in rural areas and the guidelines of Gerontology.

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Author Biographies

  • Lívia Morais Garcia Lima, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
    Doutoranda em Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Mestre em Gerontologia pela
    UNICAMP. Bacharel em Turismo pela UNESP.
  • Olga Rodrigues de Moraes von Simson, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
    Doutora em Sociologia pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Docente da Universidade Estadual de Campinas
    e Pesquisadora do Centro de Memória da UNICAMP.

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Published

2010-12-01

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 3 (2010)

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

LIMA, Lívia Morais Garcia; SIMSON, Olga Rodrigues de Moraes von. Tourism and elderly: intangible heritage as a factor of attraction for cultural tourism in rural areas. Revista Turismo em Análise, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 21, n. 3, p. 517–538, 2010. DOI: 10.11606/issn.1984-4867.v21i3p517-538. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/rta/article/view/14230.. Acesso em: 17 may. 2024.