%0 Journal Article %T Narrativas e im芍genes del turismo en Petr車polis, Brasil, a principios del siglo XX %A Daibert %A Andr谷 Barcelos Damasceno %J Estudios y perspectivas en turismo %D 2011 %I Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Tur赤sticos %X this paper is an historical analysis of the early organized tourism in the city of petr車polis through the narratives and images produced at the beginning of the 20th century. as a general objective, this paper intended to analyze how the construction of the so-called "tourist nature" of petr車polis originated, by means of a historical perspective. the specific objective was to understand and identify the main narratives and images which support this cultural construction, emphasizing its origins between 1900 and 1930. the study was developed with the resource of the existing technical and scientific literature as well as documentary and iconographic research which depicted narratives and images of tourism in petr車polis at the outset of its organization. the aim of this work was not only to propose the insertion of petr車polis in a possible chronology of brazilian tourism, but also to provoke and sensitize researchers of the field to the need of investments in empirical researches of historical nature in the field of tourism in the different brazilian cities, as well as in brazil as a whole. %K history %K tourism %K petr車polis/brazil %K narratives %K images. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1851-17322011000100011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en