Tourism In Brazil Research Articles

UaiGuia: Enhancing tourist experiences in São João del-Rei, Brazil, through personalized route creation and cultural immersion

<p>Digital transformation is becoming increasingly essential for developing the global economy. Within this advancement framework lies the tourism industry, where the growing demand from travelers for new experiences drives the search for increasingly technological solutions. Among the many tourism segments are religious, natural, gastronomic, and cultural tourism. These, in turn, seek to offer travelers personalized options based on individual preferences and specific interests. Given the significant growth of Brazilian tourism in recent years, it seems coherent to enhance new technologies that can invigorate the sector. In this regard, this research proposes the development of a mobile application designed to assist users in creating personalized routes in the city of São João del-Rei (Brazil). The study employed design science research with software engineering methods to achieve the desired outcome. The result is the creation of the mobile application called UaiGuia, which provides a distinct approach to exploring the rich culture and tourist attractions in the city of São João del-Rei. The app’s main characteristic is allowing tourists to create routes based on their interests according to the local features. Moreover, access to cultural events, festivals, and other attractions via the application enhances the stay in the city even further, supporting a better immersion in the richness of the region’s heritage.<strong></strong></p>

The Digital Bow: Exploring the Potential of Digital Presence for Indigenous Community-Based Tourism in Brazil

ABSTRACT The present research explores the growing use of digital presence in indigenous community-based tourism (CBT) in Brazil, contributing to self-determination, financial security, and heritage sustainability. Conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, when indigenous communities hindered access to villages and ceased on-site tourist activities, the study employs small-scale qualitative research, combining active and passive online methods. The thematic analysis identifies two main themes: [1] the digital bow–a tool for connection, resistance, and awareness; and [2] an exploration of how the pandemic ignited new digital interaction formats in terms of CBT. The findings indicate that during COVID-19, digital presence increased, enriching experiences with visitors. It highlights the potential impact of digital CBT in generating local income while promoting and preserving the community's cultural heritage. Despite challenges related to limited skills and resource access, the research underscores the value of digital ventures in crafting authentic touristic activities and fostering meaningful connections with tourists.

Sustainable tourism, for who? Reflections about public policies for tourism in Brazil

Sustainable tourism, for who? Reflections about public policies for tourism in Brazil

Map of brazilian tourism – Analysis of the criteria to include the municipality of Casserengue-PB

Tourism in Paraíba represents a potentiality, portrayed in natural attractions, strong cultural identity, relevant material and intangible heritage, as well as a hospitable and supportive people. But this tourism needs to be disseminated and promoted with emphasis on the appreciation and creativity of regional and local tourism. Given this context, it is proposed as a general objective to present a proposal for integrated tourism planning, participatory management and encourage the insertion of the municipality of Casserengue in the Brazilian Tourism Map. Data collection was bibliographic and through field research, from May to November 2020, with updates from January to April 2022. As a result, it was found that the insertion of the municipality in the Brazilian Tourism Map enables integrated planning and participatory management, as well as the development of an action plan for municipal management for the benefit of society. Therefore, the tourism planning proposed for Casserengue suggests a restructuring of infrastructure, public policies, as well as the valorization of local labor to offer quality tourism services or products and provide the economic and social development of the municipality.

Governance and Competitiveness of Tourism Destinations: Validation of the Structural Model in the Case of Brazil

ABSTRACT This study aims to develop, test, and validate a structural model to measure the relationship between tourism governance and the competitiveness of tourism destinations in Brazil. The research has exploratory and quantitative approaches. The study’s target population were public actors, private and civil society who work in the Brazilian tourism sector. The results revealed a reliable and valid structure for modeling tourism governance and competitiveness of tourism destinations in Brazil. The main practical implications are to identify the dimensions of the measurement of tourism governance and competitiveness of tourism destinations in Brazil; by enabling the organization of an analytical tool for measuring, evaluating, and monitoring the actions of decision-makers presenting which dimensions are most important for each construct in the Brazilian assessment.

Economic Growth and Carbon Emission Nexus: the Function of Tourism in Brazil

<p style="text-align: justify;">The impact of international tourism on emerging markets has been overwhelmingly beneficial. Despite the obvious benefits of tourism, it comes at a high price for the environment in the form of pollution. Brazil's annual tourist influx has the potential to boost economic development and damage the country's ecosystems. The objective of this investigation is to analyze, using time series data ranging from 1990 to 2019, the effects of tourism and economic growth (GDP) on carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions in Brazil. The stationarity of the data was examined by employing unit root tests, and an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) technique was used to investigate the link between the factors, taking both the long- and the short-run into consideration. This research shows that there are long-term and short-term ties between Brazil's tourism industry, GDP, and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Yet, both tourism and economic expansion have had serious negative effects on Brazil's ecology. These results indicate that in order to maintain environmental quality in Brazil, policymakers need to pursue more eco-friendly economic expansion as well as environmentally conscious tourist regulations.</p>

Analysis of the environmental education of exploratory tourism in Capitólio-MG by a tour guide

Brazil can be considered a developing country in terms of tourism, in 2016, according to data from the World Travel and Tourism Council, the tourism sector generated more than 7 million jobs. This branch, due to its production chain, is still necessary for manpower, where new technologies cannot replace job positions. The Brazilian tourism sector has gained strength and status as a developer of the regional economy. However, the municipality of Capitólio, in Minas Gerais, had greater recognition for tourist demand in mid-2016. In view of this factor, this study was developed to assess the relationship between the environment and tourism activity in protected areas., presenting an experience report of the consequences arising from an exploratory tourism in the surroundings of Capitólio Municipality. The purpose of the study was to report the environment professional of the experience of driving on trails in the region of seaside resorts and to identify the characteristics of tourist exploration and the concept of ecotourism by the drivers on trails who work there. When well planned, ecotourism can bring benefits to both visitors and local communities, being an important conservation tool that can be worked on more concretely way.

Selling Black Brazil: Race, Nation, and Visual Culture in Salvador, Bahia

Selling Black Brazil: Race, Nation, and Visual Culture in Salvador, Bahia

UaiGuia: Enhancing tourist experiences in São João del-Rei, Brazil, through personalized route creation and cultural immersion

<p>Digital transformation is becoming increasingly essential for developing the global economy. Within this advancement framework lies the tourism industry, where the growing demand from travelers for new experiences drives the search for increasingly technological solutions. Among the many tourism segments are religious, natural, gastronomic, and cultural tourism. These, in turn, seek to offer travelers personalized options based on individual preferences and specific interests. Given the significant growth of Brazilian tourism in recent years, it seems coherent to enhance new technologies that can invigorate the sector. In this regard, this research proposes the development of a mobile application designed to assist users in creating personalized routes in the city of São João del-Rei (Brazil). The study employed design science research with software engineering methods to achieve the desired outcome. The result is the creation of the mobile application called UaiGuia, which provides a distinct approach to exploring the rich culture and tourist attractions in the city of São João del-Rei. The app’s main characteristic is allowing tourists to create routes based on their interests according to the local features. Moreover, access to cultural events, festivals, and other attractions via the application enhances the stay in the city even further, supporting a better immersion in the richness of the region’s heritage.<strong></strong></p>

The Growth of Nature Tourism in Brazil

The Growth of Nature Tourism in Brazil

Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável e relação com as pesquisas de Turismo:

The United Nations has made commitments to countries through the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Tourism is explicitly mentioned in four passages of the 2030 Agenda, but not in a central position. The aim of this article is to identify the presence, explicit or implicit, of the SDGs in scientific tourism journals in Brazil, in particular, it seeks to identify the most frequent SDGs. Main characteristics of the relationships built, research gaps and areas with greater concentration of knowledge were identified. Bibliometric analysis of articles published in the four main Brazilian tourism journals between 2018 and April 2021 was used, whose objectives of the articles were classified by their relationships with the SDGs through content analysis by independent judgments. Among the 396 articles analyzed, 43% are related to one or more SDGs: 8 (35%); 12 (25%); 16 (12%); 11 (10%); 14 and 15 (5%). It contributes to recognizing the SDGs as classification criteria and suggesting directions for future research.

O turismo indígena no Brasil: uma revisão bibliográfica de pesquisas publicadas no período de 1999-2021

This article reflects on indigenous tourism in Brazil from the perspective of empirical studies. This is a bibliographical review of scientific productions that addressed indigenous tourism in Brazil, from 1999 to 2021. The analyzed collection is composed of 36 works. Studies with approximately 35 indigenous peoples were used, and most of the research was dedicated to communities in the North and Northeast regions. The collection was classified into seven central themes, most of which focused on knowing the impacts of tourist activity on the cultural, social, environmental and economic aspects of communities. This was followed by research that analyzed communities’ strategies for appropriating tourism, and how the activity can be a means of resistance and strengthening of identity. Ethnographic research was one of the most used methods, as well as participant observation and interviews. An agenda for future research was proposed.

A oferta de Turismo de Cafés pela perspectiva dos(as) cafeicultores(as) brasileiros(as)

The economic, social and cultural importance of coffee growing in Brazil shows an expanding demand for tourist activities related to its production chain. Although coffee tourism has potential in rural and urban destinations, its offer lacks organized planning, structuring and information by the institutions related to coffee. Following previous studies from the perspective of rural producers, the objective of this article is to analyse the current context of coffee tourism in Brazil from the offer, through bibliographic and documentary research and survey application to Brazilian coffee producers between April and November 2021. In all, 87 valid responses were obtained, covering the five Brazilian macro‑regions. The results underline the plurality of activities offered on these properties, irregular presence in the coffee growing territories, concentration of structured supply in regions of traditional production and new occurrences in regions of recently valued quality production.

ATIVIDADE DE AGÊNCIAS BRASILEIRAS DE TURISMO NAS REDES SOCIAIS: UMA ANÁLISE UTILIZANDO PROCESSAMENTO DE LINGUAGEM NATURAL

ABSTRACT This paper aims to analyze the activity of two Brazilian tourism agencies in social media and the online behavior of their consumers. The research used Natural language processing resources supported by sentiment and content analysis techniques. The main results show a prevalence of positive comments on the companies' pages, and companies are more responsive to users on pages with a higher number of positive comments. There is also a tendency towards more significant company interaction with user comments that express positive emotions.

Patricia de Santana Pinho, Mapping Diaspora: African American Roots Tourism in Brazil (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2018), pp. xiii + 253, $29.95 pb.

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Big Data para a Gestão de Destinos Turísticos Inteligentes:

The evolution of ICTs has enabled the development of intelligent techniques, processes, and operations. In tourism this is evident in the concept of Smart Tourist Destination (STD), which has technology as one of its foundations. Among the new technological resources applied to STD, Big Data stands out for analyzing data produced with great volume, variety, and speed. The research identified thirteen tools based on Big Data with potential use for STD management in Brazil. Based on this, a bibliographic review and document analysis of their dissemination materials characterized their channels for obtaining data, potential indicators generated and their conditions of access. As a main result it presents a systematization of data about them that helps managers of tourist destinations and Brazilian Tourism Observatories to better understand their characteristics as well as their suitability to the profile and needs of each destination.

A dynamic analysis of air transport and tourism in Brazil

This paper analyses the dynamics of the relationship between air transport and tourism in Brazil. The analytical tools used were statistical inference and the efficiency frontier for the relationship between passenger air transport and tourism, using Malmquist data enveloping analysis. Of the 330 tourist regions registered with the Ministry of Tourism, 88 were selected. The analysis considered data for regions individually and grouped by geographic region. The results showed that, although tourist regions have made progress, tourism performance in Brazil has deteriorated in relation to its efficiency frontier. Brazil did not know how to use its competitive advantages in tourism and failed to materialize potential jobs and enterprises in the tourism industry. The trend towards concentration in the economy and in tourist activities alerts to the need to look at regional development. The North and Northeast regions are furthest from the efficiency frontier, which can be interpreted as offering important investment opportunities.

Map of brazilian tourism: A study on the categorization of tourist regions in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

This study analyzes the Categorization of Tourist Municipalities in the Rio Grande do Sul, and discusses the process of regionalization of tourism in the State and how tourism has impacted the development of the localities of Rio Grande do Sul that are part of the Brazilian Tourism Map, in light of the performance of their respective tourism economies. For this, an exploratory and descriptive study was carried out, based on secondary data available on the Mapa do Turismo 2019-2021 Portal of the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism. As a result, the categorization of tourist municipalities was created from the Tourism Regionalization Program, dividing the State of Rio Grande do Sul into twenty-seven tourist regions. The results show that in addition to the capital Porto Alegre, the Região das Hortênsias is the most important tourist destination in the state; it is the region with the most abundant offer of accommodation facilities, the one that generates more jobs in the hotel industry, and the one that collects the most taxes in the sector. Also of note are the Costa Doce, the Litoral Norte Gaúcho and the Região da Fronteira.

URBANIZAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DESIGUAL DO TURISMO NO LITORAL BRASILEIRO

The concentration of tourism on the Brazilian coast is widely recognised, despite the fact that its development does not take place in an even manner along the entirety of the coast. As a result, the goal of this article is to examine the spatial diffusion of tourism-related activities on the Brazilian shore and seek to identify the places where it gains more prominence, along with the factors that contributed to its uneven growth. The procedures adopted included the study of tourism-related data as contained in two sources: the Guia Quatro Rodas [‘Quatro Rodas’ Motoring Guide] of the Abril Publishing House and the Brazilian Tourism Map, as published by the Brazilian Department of Tourism in its 2019 edition. The mapping and the analysis of the data allowed us to conclude that the spatial character of coastal tourism was conditioned by the pre-existing urban structure, and concentrated on the major cities. It should be noted that small and mid-sized cities, following specific interventions from the Government, became relevant destinations in the regional, domestic and foreign markets. Keywords: Tourism; Brazilian coastal line; Urbanisation; Uneven Development; Guia Quatro Rodas.

Democratic institutions in Brazilian tourism policy: An analysis of council laws

AbstractInclusiveness, popular control, considered judgment, and transparency are the consensual “goods” democratic innovations should aim to produce, according to an analytical framework designed to study democratic institutions like policy councils. Tourism councils, although not often studied, represent a public policy with potential for local development and have as a peculiarity the predominance of entrepreneurs. These characteristics lead us to ask how the laws established by the councils contemplate participatory democracy. In this article, we carry out documentary research on the laws behind the creation and regulation of tourism councils in 10 Brazilian cities. Through content analysis, the results show that the rules favor some diversity of the members, with a bias toward the business sector. Popular control is a concern in only half the rules studied. Most councils favor considered judgment and internal transparency but are not concerned with external transparency. Overall, the laws show a lack of clarity in the organization of tourism councils, which affects the council members and society and leads to a failure to provide adequate rules to improve the production of democratic goods.