Contributo dos festivais para o desenvolvimento dos destinos turísticos: caso do festival Gwaza Muthini/Marracuene

Abstract

The present work entitled contribution of festivals to the development of tourist destinations: case of Gwaza Muthini/Marracuene festival, the need to demonstrate the items resulting from the action is of interest tourism as a vector of local development. The main objective of this study is to analyze the contribution of Gwaza Muthini festival for the development of Marracuene as a tourist destination with a focus on characterization of the festival, description of the actions of the participants involved in the process of organizing the festival and map the real contributions to the development of this region. The motivation behind this research is linked to the influence of the degree course in Tourist Entertainment and the interest in the area of culture and exaltation of artistic•cultural expressions as a driver of development at the service of tourism, however, in order to carry out this research, research was used as methodological tools bibliographic and documentary aided by qualitative and quantitative research to gauge the opinions of those interviewed and respondents translated into numbers and descriptively, data collection instruments were also used questionnaire aimed at the local community and interview applied to Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism of Maputo and the Marracuene District Government, where the conclusive response was that Marracuene receives the largest flow of tourists annually due to the Gwaza Muthini festival and listening investors to improve basic local and tourist infrastructure. The destination continues to be demanded from the tourism service and have a vocation for implementing new projects that boost their development. However, the district government and culture and tourism entities have made efforts to represent Marracuene as a consumable tourist product.(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)