Institutionalization of Tourism Circuits In Minas Gerais: Diagnosis, Analysis, and Action Proposals for Agglomeration Economies and their Governance in Tourism Services

Authors

  • Thiago Duarte Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora/UFJF https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1889-069X
  • Marcela  Bifano Costa de Oliveira Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF)
  • Mariana Pereira Chaves Pimentel
  • Fabíola Cristina Costa de Carvalho
  • Marcos Eduardo Carvalho Gonçalves Knupp
  • Guilherme Fortes Drummond Chicarino Varajão
  • Gustavo Melo Silva
  • Magnus Luiz Emmendoerfer

Abstract

This technical-executive report presents an overall synthesis of the project “Institutionalization of Tourism Circuits in Minas Gerais: Diagnosis, Analysis, and Action Proposals for Agglomeration Economies and Their Governance in Tourism Services”. Its objective is to provide an integrated diagnosis of the Regional Governance Bodies in Minas Gerais, Brazil, by articulating the main findings of eight thematic subprojects on governance and management, public policies, productive chain, spatial analysis, stakeholder networks, tourism supply, public-private partnerships, administrative modernization, creative economy, and entrepreneurial identity. Methodologically, the project adopted an umbrella design, combining survey research, documentary analysis, secondary data, interviews, content analysis, thematic mapping, sociograms, and comparative studies across different Regional Governance Bodies. The results indicate that, although the tourism regionalization policy in Minas Gerais has advanced in terms of formal institutionalization, relevant weaknesses persist in governance, management professionalization, productive chain integration, tourism supply structuring, stakeholder articulation, the effectiveness of normative instruments, and the use of the creative economy. The report concludes that strengthening Regional Governance Bodies requires integrated planning, stable funding, technical qualification, diversification of tourism supply, stronger intermunicipal coordination, and the transformation of formal governance mechanisms into effective capacities for territorial action.

Keywords: Regional Governance Bodies; Tourism Circuits; Tourism governance; Tourism regionalization; Minas Gerais.

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Author Biographies

Thiago Duarte, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora/UFJF

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Urban Studies and Tourism (Geopolitics and Regional Governance of Tourism) at UQAM. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Social Theory (Critical Realism) at UFRJ. PhD in Social Sciences from UFJF. Master’s in Business Management and Bachelor’s in Tourism, both from UFMG. Professor and researcher under a full-time dedication regime (UFJF) in graduate programs (Master’s/PhD in Social Sciences) and undergraduate courses (Bachelor’s in Human Sciences and Tourism).

Member of ISA, AIEST, and IPPA. Member of the UNESCO Chair in Creative Economy and Public Policies. Visiting professor in Canada, the USA, Mexico, Cuba, Ecuador, among others.

Editor-in-Chief of Anais Brasileiros de Estudos Turísticos/ABET and Revista Latinoamericana de Turismología/RELAT. Director of the Latin American Center for Turismology. Deputy Director of the Social Research Center at UFJF. Former Counselor of the State Tourism Council of Minas Gerais.

CV Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9841188234449467 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1889-069X E-mail: thiago.pimentel@ufjf.br

Fabíola Cristina Costa de Carvalho

 

 

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Published

2026-05-30

How to Cite

Thiago Duarte,  Bifano Costa de Oliveira, M., Pereira Chaves Pimentel, M., Cristina Costa de Carvalho, F., Carvalho Gonçalves Knupp, M. E., Fortes Drummond Chicarino Varajão, G., … Luiz Emmendoerfer, M. (2026). Institutionalization of Tourism Circuits In Minas Gerais: Diagnosis, Analysis, and Action Proposals for Agglomeration Economies and their Governance in Tourism Services. Latin American Journal of Tourismology, 11(Regular), 1–8. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/rlaturismologia/article/view/53210

Issue

RELAT, Vol. 11, Regular Issue (2025): Critical Configurations and Interventions in Turismology & Thematic Dossier on "Regional Governance Bodies in Minas Gerais in Focus: Diagnosis and Action Strategies"

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Thematic Dossier

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