Análise da articulação do turismo no Território Cantuquiriguaçu sob a ótica da teoria do desenvolvimento endógeno no período de 2012 a 2016

Abstract

The Cantuquiriguaçu territory is immersed in a region that has one of the lowest Human Development Indexes (HDI) in Paraná. In this way a new development opportunity is presented in the territory through tourism, considered as a vector for regional development. In this context the general objective of the work and the analysis of a tourism articulation not Cantuquiriguaçu territory the light of the theory of endogenous development. And for this objective to be achieved with the theoretical conceptions: endogenous development, governance, participation, public policies and tourism, the relationship with a tourism articulation and how the presuppositions of the endogenous development theory influence the process of local articulation. The method used for the field study, using the descriptive research method, with a qualitative approach, the instrument for collecting data for the questionnaire, sent by e-mail to those involved in the articulation of tourism in Cantuquiriguaçu territory. The results showed that there was an endogenous development in the pro articulation of tourism in the territory, since it is a union and participation of the local actors in the decision making that are essential for the development of tourist activities in the territory. Still, there are many challenges regarding the interaction and participation of public and private agents, and the involvement of the population in general is necessary. In this way, this study will contribute to subsidize the concepts of public policies aimed at the tourism sector aiming at local development.