Fonte: Turismo y Sociedad; Vol 25 (2019): July-December; 93-112
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Resumo: The theme of violence and its relation with touristic activity is the subject which this research has been elaborated on, whose main pillars were: to investigate if there is a relation among the areas of bigger incidence of homicide violence in Natal and the spaces of bigger touristic flow in the city. It was pursued, starting from secondary data to make statistically a comparative among the spaces where predominates the homicide violence in the capital and the spaces of touristic circulation. The analysis found quantitative subsidies in the data obtained mainly in the series Map of violence by Waiselfisz (2000, 2010 e 2014) and Hermes et al. (2015). It was also pursued to comprehend the feeling of security/insecurity felt by the visitors in the local touristic places, in order to capture a part of the dynamic of the urban violence marked by thefts and robberies, resulting, thus to a victimization research with tourists, accomplished by means of questionnaires. Also through interviews carried out with the representative of deatur/Natal (Police Station Specialized in Attending Tourists), it was aimed to listen to what the public power has to say regarding to the increasing violence in the city and in which ways, specifically towards the tourists, deatur has faced the problem. As conclusions of the study, the research pointed out that, in fact, the spaces intended for tourism do not coincide with those in which homicidal violence prevails, and that the city favors certain spaces that, aimed at tourism demand, are targets of investments and public policies whose objective is to equip them with infrastructure and public safety.
