Anais Brasileiros de Estudos Turísticos

Aim for the Special Edition

Pedagogical Tourism is considered a type of tourism that not only provides education, learning, and new memories for students but also benefits others involved in the process of educating and travelling— or, more accurately, travelling to educate. This practice enables what Geraldi (2010) calls “classes as events.”

As Freire (2003) noted, education is a political act, an aesthetic experience, a process of scientific training, and an ethical manifestation. It encompasses a range of complex principles tied to the construction and exchange of knowledge between individuals and involves different dynamics within the movement.

As Andriolo (2012) suggested, there are as many travel styles as there are periods in human life. Pedagogical Tourism, as a practice centred on educational movement, particularly targets children and adolescents from kindergarten through elementary and high school. Understanding these groups’ aspirations, desires, singularities, and needs is crucial to humanizing pedagogical itineraries. It is also vital to recognize the growing valorization of children’s and adolescents’ knowledge and worldviews, thus broadening their understanding of their own reality.

This Special Edition aims to bridge the interface between Tourism and Education. It invites researchers and professionals from these fields to engage in practical and academic dialogue on this theme, thus broadening perspectives.