O turismo como indutor do desenvolvimento local: uma análise da realidade e das potencialidades do município de Raposa - MA

Abstract

Tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world economy today. This activity has been contributing to the economic, social, cultural and environmental development of regions, boosting the generation of employment and income in all localities with natural, historical, cultural and etc. resources. Based on this context, this work sought to answer how tourism activity, within a municipality, can be an inducing agent of local socioeconomic development, taking into consideration all the public and/or private strategic actions that drive this service in the city of Raposa - MA. To achieve the results, the four fundamental variables of tourism were analyzed: public power, private initiative, local community and tourist. The quali-quanti methodology was used, with data collection in two stages, literature review and field research, which occurred through the application of four different questionnaires, one for each variable, in which a total of 156 respondents were obtained. The data were analyzed in the Excel program. The analysis took place in two ways, first they were analyzed and interpreted individually, then, together, to reach a conclusion. Thus, the main results of this study point out that tourism is an activity that has generated benefits for the municipality and boosted the generation of short-term jobs. The government, through the Secretariat of Tourism, has been investing in the infrastructure of the main tourist attractions in the city, in addition to acting with projects that aim to offer a better service to tourists. The results also emphasize the need to establish a plan for municipal tourism development, congruent with the national tourism plan, which involves all parties that are part of the context of the activity. Therefore, the research points out how the tourist activity, if planned, organized and executed correctly, can be beneficial for an entire system