Brazil stands at 27th position in a ranking by the World Economic Forum of the tourism sector of 136 nations. In the previous editions, Brazil came at 28th place.
Author: From the Newsroom
Brazilian industry shipped 172.700 units abroad in Q1, the biggest amount ever. Export volume in March was also an all-time high at 68,500 units sold.
Representatives from over 40 African, Latin American and Caribbean countries are taking part of a conference organized by the UN. A Moroccan official will be one of the speakers.
In a conference in Brussels, organized by the European Union and United Nations, the attending countries committed to donate the amount throughout 2017.
The statement was made by the minister of Agriculture, Blairo Maggi. He was referring to the countries that had imposed some type of ban on Brazilian products after operation Carne Fraca.
The Brazilian Ministry of Tourism’s Statistical Yearbook shows Morocco was the leading Arab source of tourists to Brazilian cities in 2016, with relevant numbers coming from Egypt and Lebanon as well.
The country had an increase of 10.6% in the number of visitors and of 18.8% in hotel overnight stays in February.
The expansion took place from 2011 to 2015 in Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
Foreign sales reached 386,400 tons in March, up 4% from the year-ago period. Industry association ABPA said a bribery scheme probe was a factor. Revenue was up 13.6% to USD 661.3 million.
The estimate for 2021 was made by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The sector is expected to grow 4.9% per year in the country. In 2016, Dubai added 250,000 square meters in new retail stores.
From this Tuesday, Arab companies and state-run organizations will be at expos WTM Latin America, for tourism, and Intermodal, for transportation and logistics. Both events will run until Thursday.
Brazilian textiles and clothing sales to the Arab world increased by 87.5% in January and February from the comparable period in 2016. The growth was driven by rope exports.
Brazil’s surplus went over USD 7 billion last month. In the first quarter, it reached USD 14.4 billion, a record for the period.
A debate cycle at Sesc will tackle Arab-related subjects including revolutions, the Western Sahara conflict, refugees, the Alawites and literature. Specialists, most of them academicians, will give lectures.
