Open AccessO Centro de Turismo de Natal (RN, Brasil): subsídios para o estudo do centro histórico
Author(s) -
Fernando Manuel Rocha da Cruz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pasos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2529-959X
pISSN - 1695-7121
DOI - 10.25145/j.pasos.2021.19.022
Subject(s) - tourism , context (archaeology) , cultural tourism , geography , capital city , political science , state (computer science) , position (finance) , economy , business , tourism geography , economic geography , archaeology , algorithm , finance , computer science , economics
Natal, capital of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte, annually receives two million tourists, mainly from the sun and beach segment. Its historic centre was classified by Iphan as a Brazilian cultural heri‑ tage in 2010. In this article, we seek to identify the potential and weaknesses of cultural tourism, starting from the historic centre of Natal. To this end, we carried out a case study, from the Tourism Centre, which is located in the aforementioned historic centre. In this context, semi-structured interviews were applied to businessmen, tourism secretaries - municipal and state - and tourists. We conclude that, despite some advances, the historic centre remains in a secondary position in political and economic options. In addition, the triangulation of Natal's culture, tourism and public policies allows the identification of positive and negative skills that make it possible to characterize the current situation of cultural tourism in the city