Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of the Tourism System in Juiz de Fora/MG

Abstract

This paper presents a spatial analysis of a tourism system/SISTUR, based on the thematic and aggregated cartography from the main components of the SISTUR. The theoretical framework emerges in the interface between administration, with emphasis on public management, geography and tourism, applied to the topic of clusters’ economy. Methodologically, a case study was carried out in the locus of Juiz de Fora/MG, using a pre-existing database with the main components of SISTUR – in terms of public and private equipment – from where 100 more representative items were extracted, as a sample. We have proceeded to the geolocation of the spots, via recovery of available information using the Google Earth database system and, in some specific cases, in locu georeferencing from some spots whose information wasn’t available. Using that coordinates of the 100 identified spots, 18 thematic and general maps were produced using QGIS software, organized and analyzed according to three main categories: the type of equipment of the tourism system; municipal planning regions, and concentration and centrality of the attributes. These maps allowed identifying the concentration of activity in zones: high, medium and low incidence, each one requiring a proper type of action. It is concluded that such information is strategic and necessary for the supply of qualified information necessary for decision making and intervention in the above mentioned SISTUR, in order to better explore the potentialities of that system.   

Keywords: Tourism System/SISTUR. Spatial Analysis. Georeferencing process. Maps. Touristic Infrastructre.