Marques Júnior, SérgioLamas, Suellen Alice2022-03-242022-03-242021-12-03LAMAS, Suellen Alice. "Nada sobre nós, sem nós": o debate sobre acessibilidade no contexto do desenvolvimento do turismo em bases sustentáveis em destinos costeiros. 2021. 367f. Tese (Doutorado em Turismo) - Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2021.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/46670A tourist destination should not be considered sustainable if it is not accessible, as these are convergent themes because they address common issues, such as social participation, citizenship, human rights, among others. Based on this assumption and the existence of a gap identified in the literature, the main objective of the thesis was to develop an instrument for assessing the level of development of tourism on sustainable bases in coastal destinations, which would consider accessibility commitments in order to contribute to categorising these destinations and generate subsidies for public policies with this focus. Guided by multiparadigm theoreticalphilosophical conceptions, the methodological framework of the thesis involved distinct phases with different bibliographical, documentary and field research. The relevance of this proposal is due to the possibility and need to update and advance existing evaluation models for sustainable tourism development, which should be guided by an increasingly social and inclusive bias. The direct contributions of this thesis include the theoretical proposition of the term "accessible sustainability" and its empirical unfolding that are operationalized by the Assessment Matrix of Accessible Sustainability for Coastal Destinations (MASA) whose results culminate in the Accessible Sustainability Index (ISA) that can indicate how close they are to being effectively making a destination that develops sustainable tourism. In order to validate the MASA, the indicators that compose it, were applied in Natal/RN, a coastal destination of national relevance. This empirical verification allowed preliminary attest the feasibility of this instrument, since it provided results embodied in what is proposed by the MASA. It requires, however, wide application in other coastal destinations, in addition to continued monitoring for possible adjustments, since evaluation models should be tools susceptible to constant social adequacies. Thus, the thesis seeks to contribute to tourism planning by bringing the reflection that thinking tourism on sustainable bases does not mean decoding it as a segment, but to provoke profound behavioral change considering it as a pathway to social inclusion.Acesso AbertoTurismoMatriz avaliativaAcessibilidadeDestinos costeiros"Nada sobre nós, sem nós": o debate sobre acessibilidade no contexto do desenvolvimento do turismo em bases sustentáveis em destinos costeirosdoctoralThesis