Tourism and the socio-spatial dynamics of the coast of the state of Santa Catarina

• Main Author: Raquel Maria Fontes do Amaral Pereira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Turismo 2015-12-01
• Series: Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa em Turismo
• Subjects: Turismo. Dinâmica sócio-espacial. Litoral de Santa Catarina.
• Online Access: https://rbtur.org.br/rbtur/article/view/1008

The article analyzes the changes in the socio-spatial dynamics of the coast of the State of Santa Catarina within the last decades, dialectically connecting natural and human elements and considering the local, regional, national and international determinations that are responsible for its current configuration, characterized by the intense traffic on the federal and state freeways, due to the tourism development and permanent traffic loads and people. The approach method is supported by dialectical and historical materialism, essentially resorting to the socio-spatial paradigm, which favors the identification of the “multiple determinations” responsible for the characterization of concrete realities. Research has shown the dynamism of socio- spatial Santa Catarina coast, resulting in an intense movement of people and goods