Políticas públicas de turismo na Amazônia brasileira: sua ascensão às agendas do Amazonas e do Pará

Abstract

This thesis shows the results of a research on tourism public policy of two states in the Brazilian Amazon. It aims at understanding the process of formulation of tourism public policies in the states of Amazonas and Pará, therefore highlighting the rising of this issue to the agenda of these states. The research uses as a theoretical reference the Multiple Streams Model of Kingdon. The empirical evidences are sustained in the analysis of documents on policies and their decision streams, and semi-structured interviews with the participants of the decision making process. The results indicate that the rise of tourism on the agendas of the states of Amazonas and Pará was the result of the convergence of the stream of problems, public policies and politics, as well as the action of visible and invisible active participants; that the solutions to the promotion and facilitation of tourism in the mentioned states are materialized in the plans for tourism Victória Régia and Ver-o-Pará; the active participants are also mentioned in these plans. It is concluded that new participants turnedout in the specification of the alternatives that generate the solutions in these plans; that the existence of distinct factors were demonstrated in the Multiple Streams Model, the influence of the federal public administration and the guidelines and determinations of the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism influenced, respectively, the streams of politics and public polices; and finally, that tourism was identified and defined as an opportunity for the development of the two states and not as a public problem to be solved.