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Os macacos pregos em Vassouras/Lençóis Maranhenses: turistas irresponsáveis trocam fotografias por biscoitos de chocolate

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This paper discusses the growing exploration of capuchin monkeys, artificially fed by eager and "irresponsible" tourists in exchange for photographs, selfies, and videos, in the riverside village of Vassouras, in Barreirinhas Lençóis Maranhenses. This study emphasizes the perceptions and reflections of inbound travel agents/operators, who are circumstantially considered the study's sampling units, and this constitutes its subject matter. Following the preliminary theoretical framework, and with regard to the search for answers to this emblematic situation, the Field Research methodology is established, using Semi-Structured interviews, which alternate between open-ended and closed-ended questions. The results indicate evidence of a travel itinerary that appears to lack coherence, particularly given the lack of correlation between its proposal and the Ecological, Sustainable, and Green Tourism activity so widely promoted in the destination. In conclusion, a regrettable case of environmental imbalance is highlighted, which reinforces the “Mass Tourism” model established there, generating impactfull adversities.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Ecoturismo (RBEcotur)

DOI: 10.34024/tmk60433

Authors: Marcelo Aragão Saldanha, Maria Lúcia Bastos Alves, Almir Félix Batista de OLiveira, Marcelo Da Silva Taveira, Sílvia Helena Ribeiro Cruz

Institutions: Instituto Federal do Maranhão, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Universidade Federal do Pará

Language: English

Topic: Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research

Subfield: Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7127610331

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