Notas preliminares para a história do turismo na cidade do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze the origins and evolution of tourism organization in Rio de Janeiro city in the beginning of the twentieth century. This analysis included the contribution from three different perspectives: political, economic and cultural. As a specific purpose, an investigation was conducted on the Sociedade Brasileira de Turismo and its influence on organization of Rio de Janeiro’s tourism in the 1920s. The study was conducted through two steps: 1) Literature search on secondary sources, and 2) Documentary research in primary sources, held at the Biblioteca Nacional, bounded on the object and the chosen period. The main source was the Revista Brasileira de Turismo, a magazine edited by the Sociedade Brasileira de Turismo. Based on the reports analyzed, it can be stated that tourism in Rio de Janeiro city began to take its first steps as a significant organized activity from the 1920s, because its main actors and institutions have undertaken relevant actions in this direction. Speeches presented by the Sociedade Brasileira de Turismo in their magazine help us to understand the changes that ocurred at that time.