O turismo como agente de desenvolvimento social e a comunidade Gurani nas ruínas jesuíticas de São Miguel das Missões

Abstract

The increasing of touristic activity and the benefits which it can bring to people who live in places with touristic attractions have stimulated a new relfection about the process of local and regional development that tourism produces according to its capacity of causing profit to these regions. Based on the belief that cultural tourism is an agent of development this research took place in the city of São Miguel das Missões, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, city where a community of Guarani Mbya Indians live and which has as touristics attraction the Jesuitic Ruins of São Miguel das Missões, having in view the period from 1988 to 2003 and the benefits that were reached due to the local touristc activity. After the research it was clear to me that the Guarani consider the possession of the earth and the permanence in the Inhacapetum reserve as a way of effectivation of this possession. No matter the speech related to plans of tourism in the State, emphasizing the social results, I can asseru this wasn t confirmed because the people who live in this region were the main responsible for the benefits reached by the whole Guarani community.