The unsustainability of the tourism sector in Brazil and the success of Praia do Forte: an exploratory analysis base don the new institutional economics

Authors

  • Marcus Alban Universidade Federal da Bahia; Escola de Administração; Núcleo de Pós-Graduação em Administração

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-4867.v19i1p3-24

Keywords:

tourism development, sustainability, governance structures, Brazil, Praia do Forte.

Abstract

Based on the presupposed that the tourism is an easy and natural path, the evolution of this sector in the country, since the 90's, has adopted a strong strategy of spatial expansion of the infrastructure. Starting from an analysis of the low performance of this strategy, it shows the mistake of this presupposed. The conclusion is that the tourism is not easy or natural at all. On the contrary, it is a very complex path, which can not be developed without good governance structures. Facing this conclusion, the paper presents the main lines of the New Institutional Economics and, based on it, analyses the complex systems of the governance of the sector's productive chains. Subsequently, having this new referential, study the singular governance structure of the case of Praia do Forte, in Bahia, one of the unusual cases of sustainable tourism development in the country.

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Author Biography

  • Marcus Alban, Universidade Federal da Bahia; Escola de Administração; Núcleo de Pós-Graduação em Administração
    Doutor em economia pela USP, professor do NPGA e coordenador do NCTUR da Escola de Administração da
    UFBA.

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Published

2008-05-01

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2008)

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

ALBAN, Marcus. The unsustainability of the tourism sector in Brazil and the success of Praia do Forte: an exploratory analysis base don the new institutional economics. Revista Turismo em Análise, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 19, n. 1, p. 3–24, 2008. DOI: 10.11606/issn.1984-4867.v19i1p3-24. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/rta/article/view/14139.. Acesso em: 2 jul. 2024.