Sustainability indicators system of tourism development: a case study os the municipality of Areia - PB

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de pesquisa em turismo Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 475 - 496
• Main Authors: Nicole Cavalcanti Silva, Gesinaldo, Ataíde Cândido
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Sao Paulo Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Turismo (ANPTUR) 01.09.2016; Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Turismo
• Subjects: Case studies; Sustainable development; Tourism; Tourism development; Turismo. Indicadores de sustentabilidade. Desenvolvimento sustentável. Areia – PB
• ISSN: 1982-6125
• DOI: 10.7784/rbtur.v10i3.955

This article aims at identifying and analyzing the level of sustainability of tourism in the city of Areia - PB, by applying the methodology of the Sustainability Indicators System of Tourism Development (SISDTur) proposed by Hanai (2009). This work is descriptive and it presents an exploratory and quantitative research. To carry out this investigation, three stages of data analysis criteria were established: analysis of indicators, in which the collected data were processed by statistical techniques (average, standard deviation and coefficient of variation); analysis of dimensions; and analysis of global sustainability. The results indicate that the municipality presents a partly unsustainable tourism, since among the six sustainability dimensions for tourism destinations two dimensions demonstrate intermediary sustainability, two dimensions are partially unsustainable, and the other two dimensions are unsustainable. This situation demands from public administrators the design of new action plans for the implementation of investments and projects that may facilitate the sustainable development of tourism in the municipality.