Turismo como alternativa de desenvolvimento local no município de Porto Xavier

Abstract

The development should be seen as a complex process of change and transformation of economic, political and, especially, human and social. Development is that growth, positive increases in output and income, transformed to meet the most diverse human needs such as health, education, housing, transportation, food, leisure, among others. Local development is a process that addresses a combination of social, economic and environmental issues related to a territory, establishing the link between the stakeholders in the public sector and the private sector. Tourism creates an infinite business opportunity for a region (municipalities and communities) in order to promote local development, ie improving the products offered. Thus this work aims study the possibility of tourism is considered as a local development resource for Porto Xavier. The methodology is based on qualitative and quantitative research with a questionnaire with semi-structured questions with questions closed to private managers and questionnaire with questions open to public managers. The findings show that it is important to meet the community's interests in the development process, providing improve the nautical tourism and fishery products, valuing and conserving the natural resources of the city and suggesting tools for local development through the nautical tourism and fishing. Thus nautical tourism and fishing can contribute to the generation of income and employment in the city, favoring not only hotels, but also the entire local tourism chain.