The estimate was provided by the Secretariat of Tourism. The city is expected to receive 400,000 foreign and 450,000 Brazilian tourists.
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The show ‘Longing for My Amazon’ opens on the 29th at the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Centre, featuring 30 pictures taken by Lebanese photographer Jaques Menassa while living in Brazil.
According to the Brazilian Tourism minister Vinicius Lages, the country needs better access to tourist issuing countries in order to make its aerospace industry more competitive.
Volume of tourists in April was 22% smaller than in the same period last year. Year-to-date, decline is 2.75%, according to information from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism.
The currency was cheaper in March and April, which may have influenced consumption by Brazilians on foreign trips, according to the Brazilian Central Bank.
The Arab Chamber and the Institute of Arab Culture will award the short films which best narrate the history of the São Paulo street which received immigrants. Grand prize will be US$ 6,780.
Algeria’s national team will play in Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre and Curitiba in the first phase. Besides those cities, Gramado and Balneário Camboriú will receive supporters of the only Arab team in the championship.
The movie Baghdad Messi, co-production of Iraq, Emirates and Belgium, is part of Cinefoot, which starts on the 22nd in Rio de Janeiro. The festival will also go to São Paulo and Belo Horizonte.
World Cup Project will bring 2,300 foreign importers, investors and opinion-makers to Brazil during the tournament. Turnover is expected to exceed US$ 1.35 billion.
The campaign ‘Love Dubai’ wants to show the emirate as a romantic destination for couples. Until June 12th, pictures can be taken with the city as a background and cards written with your name in Arabic.
Association FFIPP is accepting entries from graduate and postgraduate students and recent graduates, until August 8th, for an immersion and volunteer work program in Palestine and Israel.
Survey is conducted by the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism. São Paulo’s capital will host the opening game of the World Cup 2014, on June 12th.
The initiative is intended to convert the emirate into an open-air art gallery. Artworks will be selected by a government organization and by real estate developers.
Meeting at UFJF, from May 19th to 21st, will address the work of Brazilian expatriate writers. Roberto Khatlab, who lives in Beirut, will speak on the acceptance of Brazilian books in Lebanon and vice versa.
