Turismo rural: uma estratégia de desenvolvimento rural para o assentamento Coqueirinho – Fortim/CE

Abstract

Tourism is the industry's fastest growing economy in the world. Growing at rates of 6% per year. As the rural tourism as one of its branches, the activity follows the trend of growth and serves as local developer and development strategies and supplementary income. As a subject not been studied in the state of Ceará, and not considered as an alternative activity in rural areas, this paper presents and evaluates the rural tourism as a development strategy for communities and rural families and appears as a complementary tool for future studys on the subject. Using a methodology of observation through oral history the present study examines the case of presents a study in the sattlers community of Coqueirinho, in the city of Fortim /CE which has the tourism as a supplementary income and it is a factor of social change in the community. Evaluating the improvement in quality of rural producer’s life in the state and analyzing the promotion of social development through practical alternatives and complementary activities conventionally used by families in the countryside. Noting that tourism can become a development strategy for small farmers, since it promotes a better quality of life for families in which they are embedded in the activity of rural tourism.