The tourism commons and the role of youth in the management: case of the Ivaporunduva Afro-Brazilian community in the Ribeira Valley, São Paulo, Brazil

This article aimed to analyze community-based tourism (TBC) from the young people perspective from an Afro-Brazilian community located in the Ribeira Valley region, in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The main research question was: would the TCB be able to encourage young quilombolas to contribute t...

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Autores: Martins, Mayara Roberta, Futemma, Célia
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
Repositorio:Revista Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/76646
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.ufpr.br/made/article/view/76646
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:community-based tourism
rural youth
cultural heritage
natural heritage
Afro-Brazilian communities
turismo de base comunitária
juventude rural
patrimônio cultural
patrimônio natural
comunidades quilombolas
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Resumo:This article aimed to analyze community-based tourism (TBC) from the young people perspective from an Afro-Brazilian community located in the Ribeira Valley region, in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The main research question was: would the TCB be able to encourage young quilombolas to contribute to effective and continuous actions towards both the management of tourism and the conservation of natural and cultural heritage? The main feature of this region is the concentration of remnants of the Atlantic Forest, protected areas, and the strong presence of traditional communities.  Tourism is revealed to be a common good (Tourism Commons) due to its community-based management or self-governance. Thus, the theoretical and methodological framework used was Institutional Analysis and Development (Ostrom, 1990). For the analysis of this case study, qualitative and quantitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews conducted with the principal community leaders. The results indicate that tourism offers young Afro-Brazilian the opportunity to stay in their communities, to invest in technical and educational training towards sustainable goals, and to participate in community decision-making processes. The institutional analysis conducted in this study reveals that community management in Ivaporunduva, with the presence and the relevant role of young people, leads to more sustainable tourism, thus contributing to the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.