Circuito cultural Praça da Liberdade : o novo atrativo turístico de Belo Horizonte

Abstract

This paper aims to reflect the implementation of the Liberty Square’s Cultural Circuit, distinguishing it as a Belo Horizonte’s tourism attraction. This paper has the purpose of analyzing the square’s users’ vision in relation to the Liberty Square’s Cultural Circuit; checking the positive and negative consequences of the development of the Liberty Square’s Cultural Circuit in relation to tourism; identifying the contribution of the Liberty Square’s Cultural Circuit to the tourism of Belo Horizonte. For the working up of this study some biographical researches were made based on a qualitative approach, by means of interviews made with the Liberty Square’s users, the Assistant Manager of the Liberty Square’s Cultural Circuit. The interviews followed a well-planned guideline. Through the theoretical research and the data that were found it was concluded that the Liberty Square’s Cultural Circuit is a tourism attraction.The transformation of the Liberty Square into a Cultural Circuit is very important and makes Minas Gerais’s culture more valuable. Altogether, the Liberty Square’s Cultural Circuit will contribute to the city promotion and to the dissemination of its culture, so that the number of visitors and tourists will increase.