From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil receives about 60,000 foreign students per year, according to information from a research done last year by the Language Travel Magazine, renown English publication on travelling for studies. Of this total, 50,000 come to the country for language programmes and combined courses and the remaining 10,000 for middle
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From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Company (Infraero), which is responsible for all airports in Brazil, is elaborating a study about the viability of building airports in the main coastal cities in the country. The study, according to an article published in newspaper Gazeta Mercantil, should be complete by next month.
Arrivals on international flights grew 10.3% when compared to the same period last year. This year, Brazil should receive a total of six million foreign tourists, according to government forecasts.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazilian Tourism Institute (Embratur), of the Ministry of Tourism, participated at the 13th edition of the Arabian Travel Market, main fair in the sector of the Middle East, which took place between the 2nd and 5th of May, in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. This month Embratur
Agência Brasil* Brasilia – The tourism sector should generate 1.2 million direct and indirect jobs in Brazil up to the end of 2007. According to the minister of Tourism, Walfrido dos Mares Guia, since 2003 there have been more than 600,000 work posts created. The estimate is that this year will be closed with the
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Foreign tourists that visited Brazil during the month of February generated a turnover of US$ 359 million, which represented the best February in history of international receptive tourism in the country and the third best performance of all times, according to information from the Central Bank. The increase in
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – In every group of ten Brazilians, four made some kind of journey inside the country itself during the year. The information is part of a research carried out by the Ministry of Tourism through the Institute of Economic Research (Fipe). According to the survey, they are no longer staying
The sector expects an increase in the number of employment opportunities, according to a study by the Ministry of Tourism and Getúlio Vargas foundation with 748 companies in the area. The Tourism minister, Walfrido Mares Guia hopes that the foreign funds entering the country may reach US$ 5 billion this year.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Foreign tourists spent US$ 402 million in Brazil during the month of January, according to information from the Brazilian Central Bank. The value is a record for months of January, and represents an increase in 17.88% over the same month last year. The aim for the entire year is
Two businessmen from the Arab country are participating in a fair organized by travel operator CVC. They state that the number of Brazilian tourists travelling to Egypt is rising, despite the lack of a direct flight. The president of travel agency CVC, Guilherme Paulus, believes that 2006 may be a good year for the sector.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – International tourism increased by 5.5% last year. The number of international arrivals around the globe reached 808 million, against 766 million in 2004. For the first time, the 800 million mark was surpassed. The information was released this week by the World Tourism Organisation (WTO). According to the United
According to information from the Brazilian Central Bank, the total reached US$ 3.861 billion, an increase in almost 20% in comparison to 2004. Brazilians spent even more abroad, US$ 4.72 billion. The arrivals in international flights reached more than 6.7 million, also a record figure.
