SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, REDEFINITION OF LOCAL AND TOURISM AS ALTERNATIVE OF SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The scarcity of natural resources resulting from the degradation of ecosystems has created a discussion on new paradigms of development and relationship man / nature. Thus, the model of sustainable development is gaining space in the political-administrative and local authorities began to incorporate into their development planning principles sustainability. in this sense, the purpose of this study is to perform an analysis of the changes in recent decades paradigms in the political-administrative and economic global and national levels, emphasizing the role of tourism as a promoter of local sustainable development in the midst of these changes paradigmatics. Initially, we conducted a comparison between the paradigms of traditional and sustainable development, subsequently emphasized the relationship between the paradigm of sustainable development and decentralization of public policies and approach to aspects of the relevance of local developers and local sustainable development based on tourism. Since this is a literature search, we build the same based on readings and production of annotated bibliographic references concerning the topics addressed. In short, we realize that tourism is a viable alternative for local sustainable development, but for that the new local government must play its role as developer and leader of the socio-economic development of the nation.