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COSTA DOS CORAIS TOURIST POLE: ASPECTS OF TOURISM, URBANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH COAST OF ALAGOAS.

Tourism, Development, Destinations, Alagoas, Coral Coast.

Tourism has been an instrument of urbanization and socioeconomic transformation. A vector for
overcoming backwardness and regional disparities, especially in underdeveloped territories. The
main objective of this article is to synthetically analyze the Costa dos Corais Tourist Pole, taking
into account the scarcity of works on this topic. The whose spatial cut covers two inducing
destinations, Maceió and Maragogi, as well as nine other municipalities located both on the north
coast, such as: Paripueira, Barra de Santo Antônio, São Miguel dos Milagres, Porto de Pedras
and Japaratinga, and in the northern part of the state, which are São Luís do Quitunde, Passo de
Camaragibe, Matriz de Camaragibe and Porto Calvo. The study is justified in the search for the
perception of the effects that the implementation of the Polo has brought to these municipalities,
in their majority, marked by intense social inequalities and low economic development based on
seasonal activities and low remuneration, as in the case of the sugar-alcohol sector, whose plants
located in these municipalities have been facing a serious economic crisis, causing persistent
chronic unemployment and socioeconomic vulnerability. The methodology has a qualitative
character, based on explanatory data from public agencies and bibliographic collection referring
to this theme analyzed in this geographical area specifically. It is concluded at the end of the
study, that despite promoting regional socioeconomic changes and urbanization incentives, the
results were meager in terms of reducing socioeconomic inequalities and promoting regional
development.