Tourism for participatory development

Abstract

This article aims analyze tourism as the root of local development, through empowerment, in northeastern Brazil. The methodology used is the on-site observation and survey in the entire northeastern region, considering especially the Paraiba and campinense, as points of interest for local development. The fundamental hypothesis is that "tourism promotes local development, in terms of employment and income, that implement the creative economy and solidarity for the people of the locality. Small business resources and are pivoted, propelling the principle of identity with the site and fostering new participation in the economy and social involvement. In summary, the tourism has incorporated population excluded from the process to infiltrate social organization and contribute to the local development, to create new forms of economic and social well-being.