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Abstract
The object of study in this research is the ecotourism experience
developed in the Poço Encantado Waterfall located in Teresina de Goiás,
in the Chapada dos Veadeiros region, Northeast of Goiás. It is a family
business established since 1996 opened to public visitation which offers
rural and ecological tourism. The activities developed there are also re-lated to the territory of the biggest remaining community of quilombos
in Brazil: the Kalunga community. In order to understand this object of
study we attempted to attain the following objectives: a) To know the
strategies that form and were implemented in the chain of ecotourism
in the waterfall of Poço Encantado; b) To understand in what ways the
Kalunga people are inserted within such chain; c) To reflect about the
formulation and implementation of public policies which can benefit the
Quilombolas communities in Brazil; d) To provide a plan concerning
future perspectives.
In this research, we chose the single case study as a methodological
resource. We consider the Poço Encantado Waterfall to be a unique ma-nifestation that must be contextualized and part of the present capitalist
society which presents itself in a contradictory and dynamic way.
The purpose of this research is to contribute in the agribusiness field. This
business proposition is to analyze and point out immediate and viable
ways to change the approach and strategies in the activities involved
along the productive chains.