Políticas públicas de turismo e o desenvolvimento local: debatendo o estado de Alagoas

Abstract

Tourism territorializes space causes urbanization and has the capacity to contribute to socioeconomic development. With this potential, public policies for tourism have been promoted with strategies for the development of Alagoas. The objective of this work is to present and discuss some public policies for tourism in the state of Alagoas, observing, in an exploratory way, their implications for local development. The theoretical framework is based on the concepts of tourism, local development and public policies, based on a qualitative research approach, research developed through a literature review through bibliographic and documentary research. It was found that tourism is expanding in the region under the influence of the Local Productive Arrangements (APL), which influences the improvement of local urban and tourist infrastructure, and as proof of this expansion, Alagoas also already has the environmental and sustainable seal Blue Flag, a certification ecological and international.