Caracterização da demanda potencial por atividades de aventura

Abstract

This study approached people resident en the metropolitan region of Maringá, Paraná, with the objective to establish the profile of potential necessity and the interest for practice of adventure activities. It is significant the no-interest for the practice, although the major part of the population have a notion about which are the main adventure activities. Parachute, surf, hang glide are the most quoted and desired. The more important characteristics of people who practice sports are, according to the sample: have financial conditions, be tired with the routine and have physical conditions to practice. In agreement these characteristics as reality, common people tend to self-exclusion in the practice of adventure of leisure.