Polos turísticos de Caldas Novas e Rio Quente – Go: Quem são os profissionais atuando na área do lazer?

Abstract

Leisure is one of the areas of activity that has been growing the most in Brazil, especially in the tourist centers. From this, it is analyzed in this article who are the professionals of the leisure acting in the tourist poles of Caldas Novas and Rio Quente- GO. For data collection, we used a questionnaire with open and closed questions, with 57 professionals from the area of leisure and recreation, to know their academic background, time of performance and if the Physical Education professional is performing his function in such area. It was verified that the majority of the population has only complete secondary education, and those who are attending or have completed higher education are in fact the Physical Education professionals, who work in the area of approximately 3 to 5 years.