Tourism and creative economy: an analysis of the tourist local productive arrangement under the social business conception in Taquaruçú, Tocantins, Brazil

Abstract

Social business, tourism and the creative economy bring together issues of policy, culture and environment development in a given region or country, associated by their relevance as a development tool, within a context of comprehensive local productive arrangements (LPAs). The present study approaches these theoretical elements through the identification of organizations that promote the creative intangible associated in a dynamics of tourism and social business in the district of Taquaruçú, Tocantins. As a result, the points of culture were highlighted as the main protagonists of creative production, located in a context of LPA that assume characteristics of social business, leading the way towards a context of creative tourism.