Hospitality in the hotels of the city of Itajaí (SC) in the 19th Century

Abstract

This article aimed to identify, in the records of the historical collections of Itajaí (SC), the hotel buildings that served this city in the nineteenth century. It also studies the material found, in order to identify the application of the concepts of hospitality. The qualitative method guided the exploratory incursions into documents and bibliographies, as well as the analyses. The results show that there are few records on hotels. The material found on the Hotel Brazil allowed us to analyze questions related to hospitality, including its architectural design, elements with high potential for tourist attractiveness. The other hotels were identified through newspaper headlines in which some concepts of hospitality were addressed, as well as information about attitudes to sanitation and hygiene.