This study develops an analysis about tourism as the way of reaching local development in Conservation Units. The main objective of this research was to analyze the planning and public management of tourism in the Soure Conservation Unit, in terms of sustainability and Local Development. It must be pointed that Soure is part of the State Environmental Protection Area (APA) of Marajó, and in the municipality has a strip of land as a Marine Extractive Reserve (RESEX), which is federal. As theoretical-methodological procedure, theoretical bases were used on Sustainable Development, Tourism in Conservation Units and Local Development. From a qualitative perspective, this research was carried out from exploratory studies combining the theoretical reference, documental analysis of public planning with the field research, with systematic observation and semi - structured interviews. It was possible to observe the existence of differences between the levels of management in the municipality, the state and the federation, perceiving the distinct interests and actions for local development in Soure. The articulation between the agents involved in the tourism productive chain, mainly in the public sector and the local community, reverberates directly in the way that tourism activity develops in a inequal way in Soure, so that residents of RESEX communities, under federal menagement show themselves more involved and articulated than the residents of the urban area, under the state management. Municipal management shows itself as a timely co-participant in tourism management and planning processes in Soure. This context points to some difficulties and challenges, such as effective integration between public and private agents and local residents, through effective participation and dialogue, so that the objectives of conservation units are compatible with the interests of the private sector, local residents and tourists, so that all these agents be aware of the necessity to conserve biodiversity and the local way of life.
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