Contributo das fontes de informação na atracção de turistas para o Município de Inhambane

Abstract

The tourism sector is growing worldwide and, at the same time, there is a great growth in competitiveness between destinations, information sources are an integral part of the information services provided to tourists as tourism is a sector that has information as one of its main foundations for promoting the design, production, circulation and consumption of tourism products and services. The study area of ​​this research is the Municipality of Inhambane with a focus on the theme sources of tourist information. The main objective of this research is to understand the contribution of information sources in attracting tourists to the Municipality of Inhambane. The interest in understanding the contribution of information sources in attracting tourists to the Municipality of Inhambane was the main motivation for the proposal of the theme, as the essence of the tourist product is centered on information, which makes tourism a research product whose its evaluation goes through the consultation of related information. The methodological approach that characterizes this research is known as qualitative research. As for the objectives, it is classified as exploratory research, where the inductive and comparative method were used for the analysis and writing of the data collected through the questionnaire, interview and observation. After an analysis, it is concluded that the information sources contribute to the construction of the image of MI as a tourist destination, through the dissemination of tourist attractions, products and services and all peculiar characteristics, attracting tourists to plan, travel, consume and enjoy of the existing tourist offer. ( TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)