Turismo e significados do trabalho: as experiências de condutores de visitantes e guias de turismo na APA do delta do Parnaíba-Piauí

Abstract

The following investigation aims to present the work and experiences of work experienced by visitors drivers and tour guides working in the Environmental Protection Area of the Parnaíba Delta, in the state of Piauí. The conductive thread of the analysis is methodologically based on the Marxian dialectic, through a qualitative approach, through bibliographical and field research and is materialized through the application of 26 semi-structured questionnaires. The results show that workers in the sector that work in the APA of the Parnaíba Delta have low pay, are subject to informal labor relations and have their work force exploited to the maximum to meet the demands of tourists and contractors seeking these workers. This situation culminates in a scenario of precariousness of work that presents as a consequence the necessity of insertion in other economic activities and / or abandonment of the profession by many subjects. Thus, the objective of the work was achieved and offers an amplification in the studies on Tourism and the Worlds of Work.