Prática das actividades de animação turística e seu contributo para o desenvolvimento da comunidade de Tofo

Abstract

The study took place in the Josina Machel/Tofo neighborhood and aimed to evaluate the contribution of the practice of tourist entertainment activities in the development of the Tofo community. To the In order to materialize this work, bibliographical research, documentary research and study were used. field. According to its nature, it is basic research, in terms of its objective, it is basic research. exploratory and from the research approach point of view, it is quantitative. Two were used instruments, interview guide/grid and questionnaire, where 33 operators were interviewed tourist staff (receptionists, manager and diving instructor) and 366 people from the local community (diving instructors, students, fishermen, teachers, managers, salespeople, police, bar-man, guards, receptionist and firefighter), the interview consisted of seven (7) questions and the questionnaire It consisted of nine (9) questions. According to the results obtained through the questionnaire done to the local community, 89.34% of the residents of the local community surveyed are aware of what are tourist entertainment activities, 79.78% of tour operators emphasize that these activities are practiced in Tofo, 88.83% highlighted that the practice of these activities has economic impacts positive for the development of the local community and regarding the issue of employability, it is concluded that 96.45% of local residents agree with the employability of community residents of Tofo by tour operators. According to these results, it is concluded that the practice of tourist entertainment activities contributes to the creation of new jobs, infrastructure, recognition of the destination for the development of the local community.