Lazer e turismo: acepções e interações no contexto do projeto Rota das Grutas de Peter Lund/MG

Abstract

This article concern to understanding the boundaries established between leisure and tourism themes. The objective was to analyze the meanings between the concepts in the contours of the government project denominated Rota das Grutas de Peter Lund (Route of Caves of Peter Lund). Twenty-seven interviews were conducted with representatives of state, regional and municipal governance bodies, entrepreneurs and community leaders. The data were analyzed with the support of Nvivo Software. The resources, frequency of words and cluster analysis, exploratory technique for multivariate analysis that makes it possible to group subjects or variables. The results indicate that tourism and leisure are strongly associated with culture and sociability. The displacement outside his place of residence is pointed as a striking feature for the distinction between the concepts.