This work emphasizes the importance of the landscape as a tourism resource, approach that has been taken from the environmental perspective. From this point of view the role of landscape is not only being seen as analytical component but also as territorial management tool. The landscape perceptions as an object of visual consumption of the territory evidence its change value, as well as an active resource for the tourist activity. Base on this it is conceive as an important tool for the development of alternatives in the process of planning and tourist management.