Contradições entre o uso do território e o fetiche do turismo na RESEX Marinha Delta do Parnaíba (PI-MA)

Abstract

The tourism phenomenon, as an economic activity that has been producing its "geographies" for its happening, has a socio-spatial dynamics that produces diverse territorialities in the use of the territory and consequently, in the geographic space. This is due to the inherently economic logic of this activity in the process of appropriation of the landscape, as well as the singularities (social, cultural, environmental, etc.) of the place for the promotion and materialization of tourism. However, although it is an activity that has been associated with the paradigm of sustainable development, that is, as an alternative in the harmonious reconciliation process between man and the environment, thinking about environmental impacts, there is a complex of contradictions to the economic structure and ideological discourse that underpins tourism. From the context presented, we aim to analyze the relationship between tourism phenomena and traditional communities regarding the use of the Marinha do Parnaíba Delta (PI-MA) RESET territory, seeking to understand contradictions in the process of local invisibilization . For this, we adopted as a methodology, a bibliographical survey of both geographic literature, as well as related areas, as well as a documentary research with primary data for the initial construction of the narrative proposed here. At the same time, we conducted semi-structured interviews with the traditional communities and ICMBio, important figures for the process of territorialization of the Marinha Delta Delta of Parnaíba. Therefore, the results obtained indicate that for the tourism phenomenon to occur in the Parnaíba Delta (PI-MA), especially in its RESEX, other uses of the territory are invisibilized, such as the extractivism of the crab tasting and artisanal fishing. That is, the use as shelter does not enter as an element in the process of tourism, to the detriment of use as a resource by Tourism. With this, we observe that the territorialisation of tourism in the Delta is exclusive and consequently contradictory, thinking of the absence of economic impacts on local development and income generation for the traditional communities of the Marinha Delta del Parnaíba (PI-MA), propagandized in the discourse of sustainable segments of tourism. This context highlights the need to rethink tourism through other perspectives, as an instrument of territorial affirmation for the communities included in the Marinha Delta Delta of Parnaíba (PI-MA) and thus, to test new possibilities for tourism in the local context.