From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Foreign tourists spent US$ 326 million in Brazil in July, which represented an increase in 9.63% in relation to the same month last year, according to information released by the Central Bank. From January to July, spending reached US$ 2.52 billion, an increase in 16.43% in comparison to the
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According to a study developed by the Ministry of Tourism, 29.1% of foreign visitors who were in the country in 2005 came on business, against 28.7% in 2004. The daily expenses of these visitors rose from US$ 98 to US$ 112 and Brazil rose in the ranking of most sought places for the organization of international events.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Foreign tourists spent US$ 2.195 billion in Brazil between January and June this year, according to information from the Central Bank. The value is greater than the total annual value in any year up to 2002, when revenues added up to US$ 1.998 billion, and is close to the
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Last year tourists around the world spent US$ 800 billion, according to statistics released today (12) by the World Tourism Organisation. Nearly US$ 700 billion were spent in air transportation, an increase in 3.5% in comparison to 2004. According to the World Tourism Organisation, Europe is still the main
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
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
