Patrimônio histórico-cultural e engenhos de cachaça: engendramento para o turismo no Brejo Paraibano.

Abstract

The study has the main goal analyze the articulations for the development of tourism in the marsh region of Paraíba, having as axes the historical-cultural heritage and the cachaça mills. Supported by a discussion based on historical studies related to the tourism sector, especially with regard to gastronomy, hospitality, handicrafts, and the entire related production chain. Cachaça is defined not only as an important instrument for the construction of identities, but also as an element capable of weaving social, political and economic relations. That is, a tourist product capable of providing new destinations. The research is of the exploratory and descriptive type carried out in three mills located in the municipalities of Alagoa Nova, Alagoa Grande and Areia, which offer a historicity and significant production for the State of Paraíba, a bibliographical and documentary research was carried out, systematic observations were also carried out in the field research, the methodology allowed observing the articulations between heritage, culture and tourism. To set the clipping, it was necessary to seek to refine this selection, especially of historical facts and memories of the owners of these establishments through oral history.That way, it becomes necessary to consider the trajectory of the mills, periods of greater production and insertion in the tourist market. The final considerations elucidate that the Brejo region of Paraíba has different tourist itineraries, and the cachaça produced can be inserted in any of these routes due to its potential raised in the research, it is also possible to work on other perspectives with regard to ways of protecting this heritage and strategies to promote activity in favor of the development and enhancement of the local economy.