Desenvolvimento turístico na Amazônia: uma análise socioespacial fundada nos circuitos da economia urbana em Salinópolis, Pará

Abstract

Observing the characteristic differences in income and technological modernization common to underdeveloped countries, present in the Amazonian context, one defends the thesis that the socio-spatial organization of Salinópolis in Pará can be analyzed as a result of a dialectic relationship between the two circuits of the urban economy, constituted in the process of tourism development. This dynamic can be evidenced to some extent by differences in tourist flows; in labor relations; in organization, technology and spatial distribution of firms. In general terms, it presents itself as an alternative to grasp the implications of tourism praxis in urban space. Due to the multiple possibilities of approach on the subject and the need to overcome more economical conceptions, an alternative of critical analysis is sought that has scope in the local reality. For this purpose, a case study was carried out in the municipality of Salinópolis in the state of Pará, made possible by documentary, bibliographic research, interviews and georeferencing of areas appropriate for tourism in the urban space. Representatives of 100 tourist firms were interviewed, specifically from the lodging facilities and restaurants; 100 residents and 200 tourists. Based on the organization of these data, the thesis was organized, in addition to the introduction and conclusion in three more chapters. In the first chapter, the theoretical approaches of the thesis are discussed and in the second, the role of tourism in the socio-spatial formation of the city is described. The third chapter highlights the relationship between tourism development in the production of urban economy circuits, demonstrated from the results of the field research. Concludes that there is a coexistence of two tourism circuits in the urban economy, responsible for inequalities in socio-spatial organization The results of the analysis can directly contribute to the formulation of proposals for policies, projects and research that allow the emergence of tourism reproduction alternatives capable of contemplating the interests of society at the local scale.