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

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  • Roque Pinto Deparatamento de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus, Bahia, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v2i4.117

Keywords:

Tourism. Ilhéus. Bahia. Development. Brasil.

Abstract

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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Author Biography

Roque Pinto, Deparatamento de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus, Bahia, Brasil

É graduado e mestre em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil, e DEA em Antropologia pela Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Espanha. Membro ativo na categoria Investigador dos Grupos de Pesquisa "O Som do Lugar e o Mundo" e "Cultura, Cidade e Democracia: Sociabilidade, Representações e Movimentos Sociais", ambos certificados pela Universidade Federal da Bahia. É professor de Antropologia da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Brasil, doutorando em Antropologia pela Universidad de La Laguna e atualmente desenvolve trabalhos na área de Antropologia Urbana, especialmente relacionados à temática do Turismo e Identidade, além de investigações nas interfaces entre Literatura e Antropologia (currículo atualizado em 03/02/2009).
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Published

2008-12-01

How to Cite

Pinto, R. (2008). “Drift Sailing”: ethnographic notes about Tourism in Ilhéus, Bahia. Revista Brasileira De Pesquisa Em Turismo, 2(4), 28–53. https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v2i4.117

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 4 (2008)

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