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Tourism is an important industry within the economic activities of the commune of Fort-de-France (Martinique) and the tourist development of its city center. This development requires new proposals for strategic development and management of its tourist resources with a vision towards a viable future. This paper proposes a theoretical-practical instrument to classify and evaluate tourism resources of said center based on existing models. This instrument points to sustainable development of the area within short-, médium- and long-term time planning. Its application allowed the verification and validation of the instruments to evaluate the potential and real tourist territorial resources, with the panel of transdisciplinary actors. We contrast pertinent variables with the actual condition of Fort-de-France as a starting point for effective change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]