• Abstract

    TOURISTIC ROUTES IN WINERIES REGIONS: ENOTOURISM IN CAMPANHA REGION – RIO GRANDE DO SUL – BRAZIL

    Published date: 13/12/2016
    Enotourism has emerged as a profitable agroindustrial field, responsible for putting forward the regional development, mainly economic, of regions that produce wine. Given the growth and development of such activity, new touristic destinations are arisen, so that new economic means emerge in order to attract appreciators, whether wine customers, or not. It entails the preservation, and even the rescue, of the cultural winery heritage. Several researches on enotourism suggest benefits of this activity to the wine industry, as well as to the involved rural places. Under such perspective, this research has as aim to analyze the enotourism while economic activity, and how much it contributes to the development of wineries placed at the Campanha Region in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. The unities of analysis are placed at South-weast of Rio Grande do Sul, embracing almost all the border between Brazil and Uruguay, and part of the border between Brazil and Argentina. It comprises an area with 19 municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul. To perform this investigation, a qualitative approach was selected, with the employment of a structured case study, embedding contente analysis from structured interviews. Results show that enotourism has an upsweep in all studied firms, acting as a competitive tool for the local wineries, and given contribution to the strenghteningof the brands and products selling.

Turismo: Visão e Ação

Turismo: Visão e Ação, linked to the Graduate Program in Tourism and Hospitality - Master's and Ph.D., is a scientific journal published in a continuous flow system, with an interdisciplinary and international scope. According to Qualis/CAPES criteria (2017-2020), it is classified as 'A3' in the fields of Administration, Accounting Sciences, and Tourism. Registered with ISSN number 1983-7151, Tourismo: Visão e Ação began its activities in 1998 with printed publications in English and Portuguese. In 2008, it transitioned to an online publication, expanding its reach to a broader audience. It maintains a policy of being an open-access journal without submission or access fees. The abbreviated title for the journal is Tur., Visão e Ação, commonly used in bibliographies, footnotes, references, and bibliographic captions.

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