Distribuição espacial da indústria do lazer no Brasil

The paper analyzes the spatial distribution of the Leisure Industry in Brazil through the formation of clusters and their association with an indicator of municipal development for the year 2010. São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro presented the most specialized Leisure Industry and are the most important cluster. One of the groups is formed mostly by state capitals as well as by municipalities with large touristic appeal. Moreover, in 80% of Brazilian municipalities that industry is incipient or nonexistent. We also observed a correlation between the development indicator and the major clusters.