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The president of the international association is in the country to evaluate the local infrastructure and participate in the first phase of the Visit Brazil Playing Golf (Conheça o Brasil Jogando Golfe) circuit, a program supported by the official Brazilian Tourism Agency (Embratur).
Travel News Network should go on air in September, and be transmitted in Brazil and Latin America on the paid television system. Partnerships are also being negotiated with Arab, European, and Asian countries, informed Paulo Ricci, project director of company Mixer, in charge of the enterprise. One of the company partners is filmmaker Carlos Diegues, famous for films such "God is Brazilian" (2002), "Orfeu" (2000), "Tieta of Agreste" (1996), and "Bye Bye Brazil" (1979), among others.
Agência Brasil São Paulo – Minister of Tourism, Walfrido Mares Guia, reports that the sector will get an injection of US$165.6 million (R$483 million) this year in the form of regular ministry budgetary funding, plus congressional amendments to the budget. Mares Guia declared that with the establishment of a Ministry of Tourism in January 2003
The Muslim Beneficent Society, founded in 1929 by a group of around 20 immigrants and Arab descendants in São Paulo, currently runs a mosque, a cemetery, an Islamic school, and intends to create, up to December, an Arabic course in the southeastern city of São Paulo.
The Muslim Beneficent Society, founded in 1929 by a group of around 20 immigrants and Arab descendants in São Paulo, currently runs a mosque, a cemetery, an Islamic school, and intends to create, up to December, an Arabic course in the southeastern city of São Paulo.
From the Newsroom São Paulo – Next March 18, the most famous design competition, IF Design Awards, in Hanover, Germany will take place. At the ceremony, considered the "Oscar of design," 18 Brazilian products by 15 Brazilian companies will receive awards, bringing Brazil to equal standing with other countries that have great names in design,
From the Newsroom São Paulo – Next March 18, the most famous design competition, IF Design Awards, in Hanover, Germany will take place. At the ceremony, considered the "Oscar of design," 18 Brazilian products by 15 Brazilian companies will receive awards, bringing Brazil to equal standing with other countries that have great names in design,
Preliminary figures supplied by the official Brazilian Tourism Agency (Embratur) show that the country received 4.09 million visitors in 2003, an 8.12% increase. In the same period, world tourism has dropped 1.2%. The government also wants to promote Brazil as an ecotourism, and adventure, luxury, and business tourism destination.
