Tourism Cluster and the Experiences of the State of Minas Gerais in the Formation of Tourist Circuits

Abstract

The creation of tourist circuits is important for the development of tourism given that, often, a municipality with an exponential attractive can "absorb" all the attention of the tourist and not cooperate with the growth of municipalities in its surroundings, which also have attractive deserving of to be visited. As the formation of tourist circuits is complex, the aim was to develop - based on the cluster literature and in the experiences occurred at Minas Gerais - proposal to development of regional tourism through of the tourist circuits formation which can be used inside and outside the academic context, covering the main functions of management, namely planning , organizing, decision and control. In practice, this proposal may serve as a checking mechanism for the circuits already in operation. It is suggested, for future research, test this “manual” in tourist regions with the aim to make improvements.