Ciclo da borracha a zona franca de Manaus: possibilidades de roteirização

Abstract

With the intention of showing a diferencial as an attractive, one of the options is showing a historical context of the place where is inserted, as a way of promoting leisure and knowledge to the consumer (to the visitor as much as the resident/ both for visitor and residents). The main objective of the search, is to analyze and suggest the viability of a touristic itinerary focused the economic historicity of Manaus, creating a dialogue between the history of “Golden Period of Rubber" to the “Zona Franca”, being presented as the most important socioeconomic cycles to the local development. As a the way of valuing the personified history in the historical buildings, enriching the leisure options to the city visitors. As far as research is concerned, it occurs through the qualitative, documentary, bibliographic and case study method, whose historical survey is made from books, archives, dissertations that deal with the theme "Golden Period of Rubber" and "Zona Franca" necessary to use statistical techniques. Through this research it was necessary to adapt and visualize the best way to put together a road map that showed the changes that were made in the 19th century and that still remain in the 21th century. In addition to promoting knowledge and moments of experience, being one more tourist route’s option to be offered to the visitant and manauara society, also contributing with the tourist trade of Manaus.