Pereira Luci Cajueiro Carneiro, Sousa Felix Rosigleyse Corrêa de, Brito Dias Ana Beatriz, Pessoa Rubem Manoel Coelho, da Silva Brenda Ribeiro Padilha, da Costa Baldez Carlos Alessandro, Costa Rauquírio Marinho da, Silva Taynara Sousa da, Silva Assis Luciane Ferreira da, Jimenez José A
Instituto de Estudos Costeiros, Universidade Federal do Pará, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, s/n, Aldeia, 68600-000, Bragança, Pará, Brazil.
Faculdade de Matemática, Universidade Federal do Pará, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, s/n, Aldeia, 68600-000, Bragança, Pará, Brazil.
Ocean Coast Manag. 2021 Jun 1;206:105576. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105576. Epub 2021 Feb 25.
The sandy beaches of the Brazilian Amazon coast have enormous touristic potential and attract thousands of visitors each year, principally in July, at the beginning of the summer vacation period. In 2020, beach going was affected worldwide by the Covid-19 pandemic, but how did the pandemic affect recreational beach use on the Amazon coast in the Brazilian state of Pará? Given this, the objective of this work is to identify public perception in compliance with health safety established by authorities due to COVID-19 pandemic in two popular beaches on the Brazilian Amazon. Recreational patterns on the beaches of this region were analyzed from the user's perspective in July, through semi-structured interviews and direct observations. Recreational activities were prohibited on the beaches located within protected areas. At other locations, however, including Ajuruteua and Atalaia, the beaches were reopened on July 1 st, and both sites received thousands of visitors in July, despite the fact that interviewees believed the pandemic to be dangerous, and considered the situation in Pará state to be at least as bad or worse than in previous months. Agglomerations were verified on both study beaches and social distancing and other protective measures were limited. The increase in the new cases recorded in August was due to the relaxation of restrictions on social, recreational, and economic activities by the local authorities in July 2020, including the reopening of public access to beaches. As Pará state has been hard-hit by the pandemic, prohibitions on recreational beach use should clearly not have been lifted during this period. A number of management measures were presented in this study. These measures should contribute to the prevention of the spread of the virus during the upcoming public holidays, as long as the pandemic continues.
巴西亚马逊海岸的沙滩具有巨大的旅游潜力，每年吸引着成千上万的游客，主要是在7月暑假开始的时候。2020年，全球海滩旅游受到新冠疫情的影响，但疫情对巴西帕拉州亚马逊海岸休闲海滩的使用有何影响呢？鉴于此，这项工作的目的是确定巴西亚马逊地区两个热门海滩上公众对因新冠疫情而由当局制定的健康安全规定的遵守情况。通过半结构化访谈和直接观察，从用户角度分析了该地区7月海滩上的休闲模式。保护区内的海滩禁止进行休闲活动。然而，在其他地方，包括阿茹鲁特埃亚和阿塔拉亚，海滩于7月1日重新开放，尽管受访者认为疫情很危险，且认为帕拉州的情况至少与前几个月一样糟糕或更糟，但这两个地方在7月都接待了数千名游客。在两个研究海滩上都发现了人群聚集的情况，社交距离和其他防护措施有限。8月记录的新增病例增加是由于2020年7月地方当局放松了对社交、娱乐和经济活动的限制措施，包括重新开放公众进入海滩的通道。由于帕拉州受疫情影响严重，在此期间显然不应解除对休闲海滩使用的禁令。本研究提出了一些管理措施。只要疫情持续，这些措施应有助于在即将到来的公共假日期间预防病毒传播。
