2018-04-062018-04-062005-12OLIVEIRA, Ivanilton José de. A cartografia aplicada ao planejamento do turismo. Boletim Goiano de Geografia, Goiânia, v. 25, n. 1/2, p. 29-46, jan./dez. 2005. Disponível em: <https://www.revistas.ufg.br/bgg/article/view/4109/3626>.0101-708Xhttp://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/14400Cartography is a communication form used in the in-strumentation of tourism practically since its appear-ance as social and economic activity. Like other types of communication with tourists, as the brochures, posters and informative panels that are available in the tourist spaces, the maps must guide the people in the localization of objects and places of its inter-est. Specially in planning and management of tourism, cartography can constitute an extremely useful instru-ment in the stages of diagnosis, implementation and evaluation of a tourist activity. However, cartographic language has a series of special characteristics that must be known by who desires to use it. This article intends to contribute with the quarrel on the relations between cartography and tourism, analyzing the pecu-liarities of the cartographic language that must guide the construction of conceived thematic maps for the planning of tourism.porAcesso AbertoCartografia do turismoPlanejamento do turismoLinguagem cartográficaCartography of the tourismPlanning of tourismCartographic languageArtigo10.5216/bgg.v25i1.4109