Tourism and Territory in São Miguel do Gostoso-RN: the participation of foreigners in the touristification process
Migration. Tourism. Territory.
The present study deals with the relations among tourism, territory and migration concerning about the foreign residents in São Miguel do Gostoso and the constitution of its touristic territory. It starts from the main theories on migration and a discussion of territory and territorialization reaching the foreigner immersed in the local context in conjunction with the population and the municipal management in the constitution of the touristic territory of São Miguel do Gostoso. A bibliographic research was carried out, a survey of demographic and statistical databases, semi-structured interview were applied to fifteen foreigners, treatment and analysis of secondary data and primary sources and interpretation of processes related to migration and tourism as a socio-spatial phenomenon. From this investigation, it was noticed that the tourist territory of this municipality has been concentrated along the coast, under an infrastructure that has grown in a fast and disordered way. The tourism has been confirmed in compliance with accumulation wealth logic in the speeches as an opportunity for employment and income, under the level of segregated development where public administration continues to play its intermediary role between social lags and facilitations for the growth of foreign currencies.