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Agência Brasil Rio – Brazil is expected to close out the year with a tourism sector surplus of close to US$400 million, compared to US$217 million last year. Between January and October, the surplus reached US$340 million. "We are hoping for a spike in November and December . The number of tourists coming into the
The 32nd Brazilian Congress of Travel Agents, which began today in Rio de Janeiro, will include a business roundtable between Brazilian companies and representatives of 18 countries. The meeting will go on up to Saturday.
Agência Brasil São Paulo – A record number of tourists visited Brazil in August and expectations are that the year will be the best ever. Speaking at commemorations of World Tourism Day, which was yesterday (27), minister of Tourism, Walfrido dos Mares Guia, said: "All sectors in tourism are showing strong growth. Domestic tourism is
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – This year, from January to August, tourism revenue rose 36.5%, compared to the same period last year. According to the Central Bank, tourists brought a total of US$ 2.1 billion to Brazil, compared to US$ 1.5 billion during the same period last year. The really good news, according to
From the Newsroom São Paulo – The government of the state of São Paulo officially released the tourist Fruit Circuit yesterday (25). The circuit includes farms that produce fruit in the cities of Indaiatuba, Itatiba, Itupeva, Jarinú, Jundiaí, Louveira, Morungaba, Valinhos, and Vinhedo, all an average of 100 kilometres away from the city of São
Agência Brasil Brasília – The government of Brazil wants to generate 200,000 new jobs in the tourism sector. Figures supplied in the Third Tourism Economic Bulletin show that businessmen in the sector are attuned to the government targets, as 63% believe in greater revenues in the coming three months. According to minister of Tourism, Walfrido
This is the opinion of the minister of Tourism, Walfrido Mares Guia, who participated yesterday, in Beirut, in the dinner for release of the flight between São Paulo and the Lebanese capital. He and the president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Paulo Sérgio Atallah, met Lebanese president Émile Lahoud, and delivered a letter from Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in which he informed that that as from today it will be easier for Lebanese travellers to obtain visas to visit
A flight between São Paulo and the Lebanese capital will be inaugurated on August 17, the fruit of a partnership between Brazilian airline TAM and Middle East Airlines. To Sérgio Jardim, TAM passenger service director, facilities created by the accord should soon start providing incentives to demand. He is also betting on the demand of the Lebanese community in Brazil.
According to professionals addressed by ANBA, after a period of reductions in the tourist flow to the region, Brazilians have started going after destinations like Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Lebanon. Agencies New Age and Flot, for example, registered a 100% increase in sales of tickets to the land of pharaohs.
A study about foreign tourists announced yesterday by the Brazilian Tourism Institute (Embratur) shows that 97.2% of those interviewed showed interest in returning. In all, 4.1 million people from other countries visited or did business in Brazil in 2003. In the first half of the year, international tourism generated US$ 1.62 billion to the country. The Arabs are still few, but the government and the sector is interested in attracting more visitors from the region.
The deal was closed last week during the international aviation fair in the United Kingdom. The aircraft will be delivered over the next four years.
