Turismo e emprego na economia brasileira

Abstract

ln recession periods as the present Brazilian economic situation, the problem of unemployment deserves special consideration. In this sense areas relatively more labor-intensive, as Tourism, come to be considered prioritaries by govemment policies. This artide intends to point out the importance of tourism in the opening of new jobs, making full use of preliminary data regarding income and employment, and the matrix of related areas in Brazil. Given some restriclive hypotheses and accepting as a fact the shortcomings of available data, one would come to some evidences that tourism, allied to other labor-intensive activities, might compose a roll of strategic sectors when dealing with employment level stabilization and its growing policies where labor maximization preveils over production.