The present study focuses on the structure of the Springs of the Gerais and Canastra Tourism Circuit (NCTC), a public-private arrangement whose objective is to develop tourism in the Serra da Canastra, region of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The aim is to analyze the governance structure of the Springs of the Gerais and Canastra Tourism Circuit, comparing the benefits of municipalities that participate in this governance structure in relation to municipalities in the same region that do not participate. It is a qualitative research with case study, whose object of analysis is the arrangement of Circuit of Tourism of the Springs of the Gerais and Canastra, situated in the State of Minas Gerais. The methodological instruments to achieve this objective are: documentary analysis, interviews and participant observation. It is concluded that the relational state capacities and the governance structure built in this region, through the municipal secretariats of tourism of each municipality, that integrates the circuit, plus the members of the civil society and companies of the region of the Canastra.