Turismo e Parque Eólico: possibilidades para o município de Osório (Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil)

Tourism in the north coast of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) tends to increase if there is a better planning proposal, since there was an increase in the quantity of potential tourist attractions, such as the construction of the wind farm complex in the city of Osorio. The appearance of the park caused a strong impact image, besides contributed to the development of the state as the biggest wind energy complex generator in Latin America. This paper discusses concepts of tourism, tourism planning, tourism and the attractive tourism product, aiming mainly to show the possibilities of inserting the wind farm as product, through diagnosis, prognosis, inventory and application of techniques of heritage interpretation in the local, conducted in June 2011, with a simple direct observation. The research set up in a bibliographic approach regarding tourism in Osorio linked to the existence of the park in the city, besides technical visit with local observations. The possibility of the wind farm being entered as tourist product aims responsible planning and development of tourism in the city of Osorio, Rio Grande do Sul.