“Drift Sailing”: ethnographic notes about Tourism in Ilhéus, Bahia

This paper attempts to discuss some issues on tourism in Ilhéus City, located in south Bahia State, Brazil, focusing mainly on relations between local entrepreneurs and the place and trying to analyze in which ways those relations influence the local touristic system itself. It stems from a qualitat...

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Main Author: Roque Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Turismo 2008-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa em Turismo
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Online Access:https://rbtur.org.br/rbtur/article/view/117
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description This paper attempts to discuss some issues on tourism in Ilhéus City, located in south Bahia State, Brazil, focusing mainly on relations between local entrepreneurs and the place and trying to analyze in which ways those relations influence the local touristic system itself. It stems from a qualitative research based on data from ethnographic descriptions. Research techniques such as participant observation, semi-structured survey and non-structured survey were used, and the subjects were consumers as well as public and private managers. Surveys in lodging facilities were also performed. As an outcome, it can be said that the gap between available resources and attractions effectively created for tourism, as well as the lack of action from both public and private sectors on local tourism, represent only the symptoms – and not the causes – of a problem which is centered in the invisibility -for public adminstration-, of tourism as a way for social and economic development.
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spelling doaj.art-ca423d48b8bf49a382c72e8a812dfd922022-12-21T20:09:14ZengAssociação Nacional de Pós-Graduação em TurismoRevista Brasileira de Pesquisa em Turismo1982-61252008-12-0124285310.7784/rbtur.v2i4.117117“Drift Sailing”: ethnographic notes about Tourism in Ilhéus, BahiaRoque Pinto0Deparatamento de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus, Bahia, BrasilThis paper attempts to discuss some issues on tourism in Ilhéus City, located in south Bahia State, Brazil, focusing mainly on relations between local entrepreneurs and the place and trying to analyze in which ways those relations influence the local touristic system itself. It stems from a qualitative research based on data from ethnographic descriptions. Research techniques such as participant observation, semi-structured survey and non-structured survey were used, and the subjects were consumers as well as public and private managers. Surveys in lodging facilities were also performed. As an outcome, it can be said that the gap between available resources and attractions effectively created for tourism, as well as the lack of action from both public and private sectors on local tourism, represent only the symptoms – and not the causes – of a problem which is centered in the invisibility -for public adminstration-, of tourism as a way for social and economic development.https://rbtur.org.br/rbtur/article/view/117Turismo. Ilhéus. Bahia. Desenvolvimento. Brasil.
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“Drift Sailing”: ethnographic notes about Tourism in Ilhéus, Bahia
Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa em Turismo
Turismo. Ilhéus. Bahia. Desenvolvimento. Brasil.
title “Drift Sailing”: ethnographic notes about Tourism in Ilhéus, Bahia
title_full “Drift Sailing”: ethnographic notes about Tourism in Ilhéus, Bahia
title_fullStr “Drift Sailing”: ethnographic notes about Tourism in Ilhéus, Bahia
title_full_unstemmed “Drift Sailing”: ethnographic notes about Tourism in Ilhéus, Bahia
title_short “Drift Sailing”: ethnographic notes about Tourism in Ilhéus, Bahia
title_sort drift sailing ethnographic notes about tourism in ilheus bahia
topic Turismo. Ilhéus. Bahia. Desenvolvimento. Brasil.
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