Os impactos socioeconômicos da exploraçâo turística da Vesperata na Comunidade Diamantina (Brasil)

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to conduct an analysis on the social and economic impact that cultural tourism related to Vesperata artistic activity is causing in the city of Diamantina, Minas Gerais. For this, the article presented the concept of cultural rights, cultural tourism and the process of gentrification, and for the latter, the Portuguese researcher Romana Xerez's thinking was used as a theoretical reference. Next, empirical data related to the city of Diamantina and Vesperata are described, allowing the reader a basic understanding of the social conditions being addressed. In the last step, the study critically analyzes the implications related to Vesperata cultural tourism, in order to define whether or not the gentrification process existed. Because of its objectives, the analytical descriptive method was used as a mode of logical reasoning and bibliographical research as a technique.