This work contextualizes the processes of regional development of tourism in the Pan-
Amazon, considering that government actions specific to the region, and especially to the
border between Brazil and French Guiana. In order to allow the understanding of the
sociocultural and economic dynamics in the study area, it was important to discuss concepts
of frontier development and tourism. Still, we analyzed the governmental actions of tourism
to the region and compared these with the other shares of regional development, aiming to
reveal the possibilities for the border, and how tourism can contribute to the processes of
development and cooperation. Thereby, it was important to characterize the area through
methodological procedures of comparative analysis, we compared the actions of government
tourism in Brazil and French Guiana, as well as the actions of cooperation in tourism, using
the techniques of anthropology visual and ethnographic present in order to understand the
dynamics between communities, and interviews with government officials, businessmen and
communities. Finally, we analyzed what kind of tourism is characteristic of border regions by
making a theoretical analysis of studies conducted at the borders of South America, North
America and Europe in order to answer the argument that claim is true or not the type and
concept - Tourism Boundary, and is it possible to development regional tourism
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