Heritage education through cultural tourism has shown itself to be a possibility of transforming
teaching experience, providing students with diverse sociocultural and environmental
knowledge, in addition to contributing to the improvement and development of citizenship.
Therefore, this work aims to make a brief approach on heritage education and cultural tourism
in order to understand their meanings and contexts, aiming to understand the contribution of
the Geo- Tourism Route Project of Porto Nacional, as a tourist and educational activity, seeking
promote and demonstrate it through pedagogical practice. Places are understood as important
and meaningful spaces, which are developed by those who reside or visit. Geography and
tourism, two areas of study, intertwine as possible interpretations to reproduce the imaginary
of reality, building and giving meaning. The methodological procedures were subsidized
through qualitative analysis, literature review, document analysis, questionnaire and the
methodology of Salete Kozel, which aims to interpret/decode what can be transmitted through
representations made by the subjects, seeking to understand what is impregnated in the
imagination of those who live experiences in a particular place. Thus, through mental maps
prepared by five (ex) monitors who experienced the Historic Center of the city of Porto
Nacional-TO acting in tour classes, it was possible to understand the different perceptions of
this urban-tourist space of the Geo- Tourism Route Project of National Port. The investigation
found that heritage education activities contribute to the development of cultural tourism and
boost the conservation and preservation of cultural assets when they appropriate them.
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