Contributo do turismo cultural no desenvolvimento do Município de Inhambane

Abstract

This research addresses the contribution of cultural tourism to the development of the Municipality of Inhambane, as it is one of the country’s tourist destinations with cultural potential, consisting of a great cultural diversity, such as traditional dances, art, paintings, gastronomy and historical-cultural monuments, with the aim of evaluating the contribution of cultural tourism in improving the living conditions of residents, as culture and tourism are based on two pillars, such as the existence of people motivated to get to know different cultures, and the possibility of tourism serving as one of thedevelopment strategies. This is a quantitative and qualitative approach, exploratory and descriptive in nature. Data collection was conducted through questionnaires and interviews administered to the subset of the Municipality’s population and to the departments that manage the area of culture and tourism. In this case, data was based on the use of a statistical method, through the use of IBM SPSS Statistics 25 Software. With the analysis and analysis of the results obtained in the field, it was concluded that cultural tourism in the Municipality has contributed to improvement of the living conditions of residents, through the generation of income and employment opportunities, but the government has not yet received the treatment due to the lack of appropriate strategies for collecting foreign exchange.