Nativos, veranistas e turistas: identidades, mudança e deslocamento sócio cultural no Litoral Norte da Bahia

Abstract

ln recent years the life of lhe traditional inhabitants of the Northern Litoral of Bahia has experienced increasing social, environmental and economic change in connection with tourist activity. ln this article we examine the consequences of these activities in the area, with particular emphasis on the conflicts among the real interests of the local populations who have been traditionally established in the area and the intentions of tourist development, renewed under the label of sustainable tourism. It is our interest to question how this
conflict has affected the cultural identities of the population, in two different periods, and how has the introduction of new social actors to the scene, represented by the tourists, has been dislocating the tradilional residents, as a result of the new economic and social orders that have been established in those communities