Análise do potencial de desenvolvimento do turismo étnico-criativo na comunidade indígena do Catu dos Eleotérios

Abstract

The present study seeks to analyze the development potential of ethnic-creative tourism in the indigenous community of Catu dos Eleotérios. Creative tourism is characterized by the tourist experience, seeking the interaction and participation of the visitor in the tasks developed by the natives of the village, symbolic of the local culture, with the dynamic co-creation between them. Aiming at the socio-cultural empowerment of the locality in order to preserve ethnic identity. For this, an exploratory descriptive study was carried out, with a qualitative approach. The sample was non-probabilistic, for convenience, in which the choice of individuals occurred through some criteria. Data collection was carried out through semi-structured interview scripts. Data analysis was performed through content analysis. Among the results obtained was the identification of activities with potential for the development of ethnic-creative tourism as tourism products were: family farming, local gastronomy, the trail, body painting workshop, medicinal plants, legends, toré ritual and the crafts, parties / events and the painting workshop. As for the diagnosis, it was observed that the activities analyzed are not in adequate conditions to receive visitors, the attraction of the trail has a lack of signage and maintenance of the path, it was also possible to analyze that most of the interviewed residents have an interest in participating in the tourist activity. Regarding the proposed creative scripts, some creative scripts for the analyzed activities were suggested. In addition, these activities can contribute to the social and cultural valorization, as well as traditions based on ethnicity, which can be experienced by tourists, as activities / attractions that enable the tourist stimulus in the community.