Importância das infra-estruturas para o desenvolvimento da actividade turística na Praia da Rocha – Município de Inhambane

Abstract

The theme of this work is the importance of infrastructure for the development of tourist activity in Praia da Rocha, having as its main objective to describe their importance for the destination. However, a qualitative descriptive and explanatory research was carried out, with interview and survey techniques being applied to tourists, public entities and private companies in the Municipality of Inhambane, as well as the population residing in the Praia da Rocha area, with a view to data collection. Therefore, the results obtained indicate that the tourist infrastructure is extremely important for the development of tourist activity in the destination, as its reduced quantity discourages the preference for it by tourists and tour operators in the context of the elaboration of tourist packages as well as promotion and dissemination of the destination. In addition to hard infrastructure, there are other elements that interfere in the development of tourism in PR, such as poor tourism promotion and dissemination, poor investor manifestation, lack of a development plan and poor integration of the local community, which is not only it can delay local economic development but it can also limit the practice of cultural tourism and the offer itself, with no alternative means of accommodation, catering and occupation of visitors' free time. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)