Turismo de base comunitária como catalisador do desenvolvimento local: a experiência do assentamento de reforma agrária Eldorado, em Santo Amaro – Ba

Abstract

The agrarian reform settlements, as a rule, are based on family farming. However, many of them have been looking for other ways of subsistence, and it is in this process that Community Based Tourism (TBC) is inserted, the central theme of this study. The advent of the experience tourism paradigm made possible, among other expressions, the development of TBC and, given the expansion of this segment, in the present research, we proposed to study how it can constitute a sustainable economic alternative for rural communities in the interior of the country. state of Bahia, having taken as a case study the agrarian reform settlement Eldorado, in the municipality of Santo Amaro. Methodologically, in this dissertation, a qualitative approach was used and, as for the operational procedures, it was resorted to bibliographic research and data collection through interviews and application of semi-structured questionnaires with the research subjects and legal representatives of the community. Finally, with regard to the research conclusions, we understand that, for the Eldorado settlement, the TBC, of pedagogical and experience nature, presents itself as a viable alternative to mediate this dialogue between the internal and external community. However, the consolidation of tourist activity will depend on collective efforts, but fundamentally on the empowerment of the local Association, excited to be the protagonist of the destinies of families who fight for permanence in the countryside. In this way, it is concluded that TBC becomes an opportunity that combines economic development, sustainability and pedagogical tourism as alternative paths for the local development of the settled community of Eldorado and, consequently, for the region of Santo Amaro - BA.