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

Abstract

This work, entitled "Contribution of festivals to the development of tourist destinations: the case of the Gwaza Muthini/Marracuene festival," is of interest due to the need to demonstrate the resulting effects of tourism as a driver of local development. The main objective of this study is to analyze the contribution of the Gwaza Muthini festival to the development of Marracuene as a tourist destination, focusing on the characterization of the festival, a description of the actions of the stakeholders involved in the festival's organization process, and mapping the real contributions to the development of that region. The motivation behind this research is linked to the influence of the undergraduate course in Tourism Animation and the interest in the area of ​​culture and the exaltation of artistic and cultural expressions as an engine of development in the service of tourism. However, in order to carry out this research, the methodological tools used were bibliographic and documentary research with the aid of qualitative and quantitative research to assess the opinions of the interviewees and respondents, translated into numbers and in a descriptive way. Data collection instruments were also used, such as a questionnaire directed to the local community and interviews applied to the Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism of Maputo and the District Government of Marracuene, where the conclusive response was that Marracuene receives a greater flow of tourists annually due to the Gwaza Muthini festival and seeks investors for the improvement of basic local and tourist infrastructure. The destination continues to be in demand for tourism services and has potential for the implementation of new projects that will boost its development. Meanwhile, the district government and cultural and tourism entities have been making efforts to represent Marracuene as a consumable tourism product. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)