Mangaratiba, a touristic city? An analysis regarding the employment

Abstract

Nowadays, the specific activities of the tourism sector have influenced positively the economic growth of the municipalities. The policy makers are responsible by present public policies aiming to generate new local employments. This study analyses the formal jobs related to the specific activities of the tourism sector in the municipality of Mangaratiba, located in Costa Verde, in Rio de Janeiro state. This paper pretends to verify the performance of these activities in the creation and maintenance of formal employments in Mangaratiba in order to consider it (or not) a tourist destination. For that, a descriptive and exploratory study was carried out, by documental analysis, using the data presented in the Annual Relation of Social Information (RAIS), from the Labour Ministry (MTE), between 2006 and 2014. The main conclusions from this study are the tourism has grown in the municipality and the dependence on tourism to create employment and income is increasing to the natives of Mangaratiba. This is one of the main economic activities in the municipality. Therefore, Mangaratiba can be considered a tourist destination.