THE POTENTIAL OF COMMUNITY BASED TOURISM (CBT) IN ASSENTAMENTO 72 IN LADÁRIO IN MATO GROSSO DO SUL

Abstract:

Community Based Tourism (CBT) emerges as an alternative to mass tourism in the sense of proposing tourism management by the community itself. However, studies point to potential CBT without focusing on aspects of internal management of communities. The objective of this work is to analyze the potential for implementing CBT in Assentamento 72, in Ladário, MS. The research is qualitative, oral history was used as the interview method, and the data were analyzed based on content analysis and with the aid of the IRAMUTEQ software. The results identify internal management issues in the settlement, there are practices of associativism and autonomous decisions, in addition to partnerships with Embrapa Pantanal and UFMS. Thus, it was noted that there is potential to develop CBT in the surveyed settlement. Although there is no practice of tourism, there are conversations about planning and executing a party with local products and there is the possibility of offering tours in the settlement for tourists to get to know this reality. Discussions on TBC initiatives need to advance in the sense of not only exposing potentialities related to tours, but also understanding the organization and the multiple relationships of the host communities.

Key-words:
CBT; Local Management; Collective Organization; Rural Settlement