Periódico: Gran Tour - Revista de Investigaciones Turísticas
Fonte: GRAN TOUR, REVISTA DE INVESTIGACIONES TURÍSTICAS; Núm. 21 (2020): Núm. 21 (2020): Gran Tour, Revista de Investigaciones Turísticas - Nº 21 (Enero-Junio)
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Resumo: In recent years, the community has recognized public policy councils as essential and useful arenas for debate regarding local and regional development, but the process remains tenuous. As such, the present article aimed to highlight the challenges and possibilities of social participation in tourism policy decisions focusing on the State Tourism Council of Rio Grande do Norte (Conetur) in Brazil. It is a qualitative study that collected documental and bibliographic data, conducted interviews with council members and, performed content analysis. The main findings reveal that barriers to social participation in policy decisions are directly related to the history of tourism management in Brazil and that these can and should be relieved by two solutions proposed here: reinforcing democratic policies and self-esteem. We can achieve this by improving public management systems, which are part of a democratic public policy context currently discredited for being expensive.
