A document from the Tourism Ministry shows that the number of municipalities that are home to tourism-related activities in the country dropped. As of the last survey, in 2013, there were 3,345.
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Club Rachaia, from São Paulo, organizes in September a group trip to Lebanon for its members to get in touch with their family origins. They will stay in Beirut. Openings are still available.
São Paulo-based Latitudes is organizing the route Morocco – Art and Culture in the Maghreb with Emilio Moufarrige, from October 22 to November 2. An architecture and philosophy expert will guide the tours.
Foreigners set to travel to Brazil for the Olympics should visit other cities besides Rio. Foz do Iguaçu and the Northeast beaches are some of the destinations.
Since June 15, passengers can buy shared flights from both companies, with the advantage of only one check-in needed.
Exhibitors at Festuris will include two Arab airlines and two travel agencies specializing in packages to the region. The event will take place next November in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul.
Airplane crash impacted the industry, causing visitor influx to plummet by 54%. Russian tourist arrivals dropped the most, but arrivals from Arab countries went up.
The price averaged at USD 174.18 in April. Occupancy rates edged down 1.8% from a year ago to 71.1%.
In April, traffic in the air terminal of the United Arab Emirates’ capital was 1.96 million passengers.
The city of São Paulo has a new double-decker bus line that passes tourist spots. The ride is an attraction for Brazilians and non-Brazilians alike.
The amount spent on lodging, food and beverages, entertainment and transportation surpassed USD 1.4 trillion last year, according to the UNWTO.
Last year, 6.3 million tourists from abroad visited the country. The evaluation by the Ministry of Tourism, however, is positive, since in 2014 the number of visitors was exceptionally high due to the World Cup.
The airport handled over 6 million passengers in the first quarter of 2016. Aircraft traffic increased by 1.5%.
The USD 1 billion project is scheduled to open in 2018 and will feature attractions based on the studio’s comic and cartoon characters.
