Geo UERJ (Feb 2020)
A GEOGRAFIA DA ATIVIDADE TURÍSTICA NO TERRITÓRIO FLUMINENSE: UMA RELEITURA
Abstract
The state of Rio de Janeiro has been characterized as an important spatial clipping in relation to tourism development. Activities related to the sector go beyond the Região Metropolitana, finding in the interior of Rio de Janeiro attractions capable of boosting municipal economies. That said, we establish as the objective to analyze the spatial dimension of tourism in the state of Rio de Janeiro. To this end, the article is divided into three parts, where the first show the conditioning factors for the development of tourist practices in the municipalities of Rio de Janeiro; the second part deals with the institutionalization of activity in the state; finally, we use of the categorization developed by the Ministry of Tourism in 2019 to analyze the process of tourism expansion as an important economic vector for municipalities in Rio de Janeiro. , as well as the process of occupation and economic development of the municipalities of Rio de Janeiro. In addition, we use documents and data disclosed by public agencies at the federal, state and municipal levels.
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