A relevância do turismo internacional para as cidades brasileiras: um estudo sobre a cidade do Recife - PE

Abstract

The general objective of the work is to reflect on how cities can be inserted in the international context through tourism, taking the case of Recife / PE as a case study. Tourism presents itself as one of the activities that drive the internationalization process of cities, because it ends up generating a strong local socioeconomic transformation, with financial returns in the short and medium term, which allow the local and / or seasonal potential of the localities to be projected internationally. The case of the city of Recife becomes relevant for the study because it stands out in the Northeast region of Brazil (in relation to its economy, growth, population and strategic location in the region) and also due to its strategies of international projection through tourism , for continents like Africa, Europe and North America. Having international tourism as an activity that strengthens this internationalization process; in addition, Recife projects itself as an industrial and technological pole, in addition to being the city that has in its region one of the largest numbers of foreign consulates in Brazil, with one of the largest GDPs in the country and also a high urban agglomeration. This work seeks to understand the relevance of international tourism in cities, taking as a case study the city of Recife, in the state of Pernambuco. The main hypothesis of the work is that international tourism can be a relevant tool for internationalization in cities.