Historic and spatial analysis of the hotel sector in the urban area of Florianópolis-SC

Abstract

This text presents some reflections concerning the urban and tourist expansion of the city of Florianópolis, trying to identify its implications on the development of the hotel sector located in its central area, departing from the pioneer initiatives until the present days. The work departs from the understanding that space organization results from historically determined social relations. The study area includes part of the urban space of the island of Santa Catarina, corresponding to its historic center, whose spatial organization is going through an accelerated transformation process, hosting 24 hotels. The accomplishment of the research required the definition of theoretical references adequate to the understanding of the expansion process of the city and of the tourist flows, so that the totality of the natural elements and human definers of the investigated reality could be perceived, considering the analytic categories proposed by Milton Santos.