Turismo e comunicação : a festa da colônia em Gramado-RS sob o olhar da imprensa

Abstract

Colonia’s party had originated in 1984, when a group of residents of Linha Bonita, in Gramado / RS, proposed the holding of a festive time for the local community. Soon the party grew and gained identity, starting to be held in the Center City of Gramado and today is one of the major tourist events in the city. This research had as objective strengthen the rapprochement between communication and tourism, investigating how the print media disseminates the Colonia’s party of Gramado/RS. The corpus of the research was delimited to the newspapers Zero Hora, Pioneiro, Integração and Gramado, using the methodology of content analysis as proposal by Laurence Bardin. The results showed that the newspapers are partners in the disclosure of the aspects that make the party attractive and attended, as they are also the promoters of gastronomy, culture and leisure, valuing the participants, whether visitors, promoters and/or organizers as well as the supporting elements, products and commercialization.