Interesse dos jovens pela formação profissional na área de turismo, hospitalidade e lazer: um estudo de caso no bairro de Pontezinha, Cabo de Santo Agostinho - PE

Abstract

The general objective of this research is to identify the interest of young people studying in a public school in Cabo de Santo Agostinho for professional training in the area of ​​tourism, hospitality and leisure, we chose this area of ​​study because we consider that in the region there is presence of hospitality equipment and services, in addition to being a place with a vocation tourist. The research is characterized as exploratory of the mixed type (quali quanti). The beginning This research took place in July 2024, when there was a semi-structured interview with an employee from each of the following secretariats: Executive Secretariat for Women, called in the research as interviewee 1 and Secretariat of Social Programs, referred to as interviewee 2, through whom a data collection was carried out about the courses offered by these institutions. The instrument used to collect data was a online questionnaire (google forms) composed of twelve closed and four open questions, the which was answered by 66 students from third year classes. From the responses to the questionnaire it was possible to notice that the majority of interviewees, almost 64%, did not have professional training, while 36.1% had already taken a professional course in some area of knowledge. In addition to enabling a better understanding of young people, verifying whether they have professional training, in addition to examining the perception of young people in in relation to the courses offered in the municipality of Cabo de Santo Agostinho.