Inventário turístico: Carnaúba dos Dantas/RN - Edição 2022 - 2023

Abstract

The Municipality of Carnaúba dos Dantas is located in the central Potiguar mesoregion and in the Seridó Oriental microregion, at a distance of 234.5 km from the capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, and is part of the Polo de Turismo Seridó (regional governance instance of Rio Grande do Norte). Carnaúba dos Dantas has significant tourist potential, as in addition to having several cultural and natural attractions, such as Castelo de Bivar , Cachoeira dos Fundões and its gastronomy, rich in traditional sweets produced with fruits places like gogoia, it is also inserted in the Seridó World Geopark of Unesco, and currently has 3 (three) geosites, namely: Archaeological complex Xiquexique, Monte do Galo and Serra da Rajada, attractions of important scientific, cultural, geological, tourist value , religious, environmental and/or educational. Taking all these aspects into account, there was an interest in deepening the tourist potential of the municipality through the elaboration of the Inventory of the Tourist Offer, planned by specialized professors and students of the FELCS/UFRN tourism in partnership with municipal public management. It is understood that the tourist perspective of the municipality has been developing over the years, therefore, it is expected that the aforementioned document, which has information about all its potential and tourist infrastructure, will help public management in the better understanding and systematization of the tourist activity. in the locality. The Tourist Inventory (INVTUR) is the initial step for tourism planning, as it provides municipal public management and local entrepreneurs with essential data for starting analysis of the municipality, which will contribute to the construction of integrated actions, so that the tourist activity develops in an articulated and sustainable way in the municipal and regional and/or international context.