A complexidade do lugar turístico em Fortaleza: uma análise do bairro Praia de Iracema

Abstract

The present study has the objective of analyzing some geographic aspects of Fortaleza city tourist spaces. The reference space is Praia de Iracema, chosen for its prominence in the tourist context of the indicated city. The study took as temporal interval from 1980 to 2007. This is the period in which the tourism activity gained prominence in the state of Ceará economy. The work was carried through observations, bibliographical materials review, and interviews. These procedures made possible the comprehension of the tourist variables that are pertinent to the quarter of Praia de Iracema. The research demonstrated that the understanding of the social and space aspects of the quarter goes beyond the understanding of the locality and that it involves temporal and space questions. The “magnificent” landscape that it is propagated by the promoters of the tourism is embedded of elements that get mixed in space terms and get separated in the social level. It was understood that the problems that took place in the study locality is fruit of a global process that reaches the most diverse parts of the planet. However, it is presented with particularities due to the specificity of such localities and that, in the quarter in of the study, these are well delineated particularities.