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The objetive of this paper is to discuss how tourism affects local development in the city of corumbá/MS/Brazil. To this end, it was conducted a survey of bibliographic and descriptive exploratory qualitative survey through structured questionnaires mixed to 11 managers from the local tourist trade with a view to identifying relevant variables, subsequently classified according to the methodology of SWOT analysis with notes and weighting. The variables of tourism in municipality identified as most relevant to local development were precariousness of public policy, income concentration, high participation of local labor, social exclusión, low educational level, economic poverty of the local population.

The state of Mato Grosso do Sul/Brazil has been recognized by its potential to boost regional tourism activity through the dissemination of its particular culture – which includes the production of handicrafts based on sheep’s wool. Thus, the present study was intent to analyze the dynamic scope in which the insertion of sheep’s handicrafts as tourist product in municipalities of Mato Grosso do Sul/ Brazil may occur. For this, semi-structured questionnaires, and interviews with guiding questions were used. It was observed that the handicrafts with sheep’s wool does not effectively lay down within the investigated tourism territories, mainly due to the organizational strategies of the groups, and the lack of dynamism of their community-based tourism.

The city of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul - Brazil, given its specific regional and cultural, presents a range of social economy enterprises already established social groups with the most diverse possible. Nevertheless, given the fact that the number of artisanal fishermen of the locality to be relevant and require resources to survive with dignity, we tried to analyze and correlate the actions of some projects that were sympathetic to the needs of these individuals, so that it is intending to boostlocal development initiatives, on a human scale. This bias, we proceeded to an exploratory and descriptive, with the completion of observation and videotaped interviews with key actors for the elucidation of the theme in vogue. We conclude therefore that urgent initiatives to organize the fishermen, especially in regard to the generation of income to these individuals during periods of spawning, since there are numerous partnerships can make to the projects already consolidated with a view to localdevelopment and the consequent role of the community. Among such initiatives endogenous tourism activity is presented, therefore, exacerbated with the potential to develop in the region and cover the main demands of the fishermen.

O objetivo do trabalho consiste em discutir como a atividade turística influencia o desenvolvimento local no município de Corumbá /MS / Brasil. Para tanto, foi realizada uma pesquisa de cunho bibliográfico e exploratório descritivo qualitativo, através da aplicação de questionários mistos estruturados a 11 gestores do trade turístico local, tendo em vistas a identificação de variáveis relevantes, posteriormente classificadas de acordo com a metodologia da Análise de SWOT e pontuadas conforme a percepção dos autores, com notas e ponderações. As variáveis identificadas como de maior relevância foram: precariedade das políticas públicas, concentração de renda, alta participação da mão de obra local, exclusão social, baixo grau de escolaridade, pobreza econômica da população local.

O Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul/Brasil apresenta reconhecida potencialidade para impulsionar a atividade do turismo regional através da divulgação das especificidades culturais locais – dentre as quais a produção de artesanato com base na lã de ovinos. Sendo assim, a presente pesquisa teve como escopo analisar as dinâmicas sob as quais pode se dar a inserção do artesanato ovino como produto turístico em municípios do Mato Grosso do Sul. Para tanto, utilizaram-se questionários semiestruturados; além de entrevistas com questões norteadoras. Observou-se que o artesanato com lã de ovinos não se insere de forma efetiva no âmbito da atividade turística dos territórios investigados, sobretudo por conta das estratégias organizacionais dos grupos, e da falta de dinamismo da atividade do turismo de base local.