The uses and meanings of a space establish the sense of place which is composed of history, nature, collective memory and forms of appropriation of space - all elements of the landscape. The notion of enjoying the landscape stimulated the development of tourist activity. Such activity, without coordination, impacts social, economic life and the urban and natural landscape of the localities. Therefore, this work uses the sense of place to apprehend, in a tourist city, how the transformations in the landscape, caused by the development of tourism, change the perception of the sense of place in these spaces. The Vila de Conceição do Ibitipoca chosen for the analysis is located in the East Zone of the State of Minas Gerais, belonging to the municipality of Lima Duarte. This locality has a bucolic landscape shaped by historic buildings and its natural landscape. Next to the Vila there is the Ibitipoca State Park, which houses water courses that form falls and rapids and has wide tourist visitation. The present research investigates the impacts of tourist activity in the Village and in the park with a specific focus on the landscape and the change in the sense of place. It is hoped that its results may contribute to the improvement of public, environmental and urban policies, and to the understanding of the fundamental role of the sense of place as an intrinsic value for the preservation of the communities material and immaterial heritage, preserving their natural landscapes, built and cultural.