Ecoturismo de base comunitária: uma realidade ou uma utopia

This paper is a theoretical essay focused on the conceptual relations of ecotourism in the process of globalization and the contradictions involving economic growth and development. In the methodological procedures rose the following hypothesis: community-based ecotourism is an ally of the construction of the development of local peoples. It had been worked on issues such as the involvement of social economy, community tourism and ecotourism in the prospect of collaborating with the insertion of the local community in tourism. In this context, this work addresses issues of community-based ecotourism, questioning the development imperative in the formation of well-being of humans and also noting its benefits to the local community.