Typical Brazilian dances, such as samba and frevo, will be presented at Global Village, an event to take place in the United Arab Emirates, during the greatest period of tourist attraction sales and promotions in the Middle East. Brazil will have a 70-square-metre space, where, from tomorrow to March 15, exhibitions will include photographs and videos of tourist points. The objective is to attract tourists from the region to Brazil.
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The city, which celebrates today its anniversary, received in 2004 about 7.5 million visitors, of which 1.5 million were foreigners. The São Paulo Convention & Visitor Bureau estimates that the total figure will reach 15 million in 2010. The city is the richest in Brazil, the 4th largest in the world and the main business centre in Latin America.
A report prepared by the Emirati research and consulting company Market Vision, points Saudi Arabia as the major market in the Middle East for international tourism. The number of journeys abroad made by the population increased by 54% between 2001 and 2002. The greater part of Saudi tourists – 74% – stays at 4 and 5-star hotels when in other countries.
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.
