This thesis had as main objective to analyze the process of management of CommunityBased Tourism (TBC) implanted in the Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS)
and its relation with the communities of Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro do Tumbira,
Santa Helena do Inglês, São Sebastião do Saracá, São Thomé, Santo Antônio do Lago do
Tiririca and Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro do Acajatuba, located on the right bank of
the RDS belonging to the municipality of Iranduba (AM) composing the Mosaic of Protected
Areas of Lower Rio Negro, considering the performance of the Amazonas Sustainable
Foundation (FAS) and the State. In order to answer the questions that caused us concern, it
was necessary to elaborate a theoretical-methodological reference that would enable us to
understand the observations made in the field through a dialogue with the theory. Given this,
we seek to base the study on theories that deal with tourism articulating with the notion of the
use of territory, space and place as a social aspect. From a qualitative perspective, this
research was carried out based on descriptive, exploratory studies, through bibliographical
survey, documentary analysis and field research, with observation, interviews, oral narratives,
participatory workshops for tourism planning and the construction of mental maps. The
results revealed that in each community surveyed there are difficulties in planning the TBC
and this is perpetuated mainly by the actions of the State, with regard to public policies in
interpreting tourism from the economic point of view, distancing it from its social and
environmental commitments. Likewise, it was possible to observe that the FAS, furthermore,
acts to the State of Amazonas the implementation of governmental policies and projects that
contemplate the tourist development. Although it seeks new sustainable practices through
TBC, it is linked to a political process alien to the principles of sustainability, and uses
environmental discourse to integrate into society and minimize the conflicts and
dissatisfactions of traditional communities, embodied in participatory management. In this
direction, decision-making bodies in the field of tourism planning and management promote
relations of power and dependence under the logic of the domination of financial capital. In
addition, it is believed that the residents of RDS Rio Negro who recognize and identify
themselves as "local people" feel excluded from the process of planning and managing
tourism activities. On the other hand, they believe TBC is a potential vehicle for social
transformation and as an alternative to nature conservation, social inclusion, in addition to
being able to generate income for the locality. Finally, it was observed that the organizational
form of tourism meets individual preferences, so there is no intention to promote development
from a local perspective.
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