%0 Journal Article %T Zonificaci車n tur赤stica de la regi車n centro-norte del estado de Piau赤 (Brasil): Aplicaci車n de la teor赤a del espacio tur赤stico de Roberto Boull車n %A Gomes Ramos %A Ricardo %A Gomes Reis Lopes %A Wilza %J Estudios y perspectivas en turismo %D 2012 %I Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Tur赤sticos %X the tourist zone theory developed by boull車n (2002) is a way to understand the tourist territory from a regional perspective. once knowing the existence of the "programa da regionalizaˋˋo do turismo" (tourism and regionalization program) developed by the brazilian ministry of tourism it is meant to understand how a tourist region, as described by boull車n, can provide tourism development to a specific geographical area. the br 343 road, located at the piau赤 state (brazil) provides access from teresina (piaui∩s capital) and it∩s coastline, considered a tourism corridor. this paper aims, from a theoretical review, to describes the tourist zone process at piau赤∩s central-north area, as a alliance to further tourist interventions due to the tourism offer observed at the br 343 road. %K tourist zone %K piau赤 %K regionalization. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1851-17322012000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en