Análise da actual situação do processo de planeamento turístico no Município de Inhambane: caso da praia do Tofo

Abstract

Tourism planning is an important instrument of action to promote the development of tourism in sustainable bases. Tofo is a sun and beach destination that attracts a large number of tourists. resenting problems that can compromise the development of tourism: erosion, landslides, conflicts between actors, installation of infrastructure in inappropriate areas, etc., resulting from the growth of the tourism in this destination. Faced with these problems, the work aimed to analyze the current situation of the process of tourist planning in the Municipality of Inhambane-praia do Tofo. exploratory research that culminated in the selection of works that deal with the theme of tourism planning; The document consultation; field work using semi-structured interviews directed at stakeholders of the tourism planning process (local community, public sector and private sector. Analysis and interpretation of the data was made through content analysis for the qualitative data that consisted of identifying, analyzing and communicate patterns reflected in the collected data, the quantitative data were processed on the basis of statistics descriptive, these were coded, categorized and tabulated and finally the analysis and discussion of the results based on the theoretical framework that supported the research. Having completed the research that the process of tourist planning at Tofo beach needs improvement to make it effective and promote development sustainable. Still, there is an effort by public entities to improve the current situation of the planning process, an example of which is the requalification plan for Praia do Tofo, which aims to restructure the beach, solving the current problems that plague it and in the end produce a project; and also the initiative to create a tourism development plan at the municipality level, which is another of the bets of thepublic sector with regard to tourism planning.(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)