São Paulo – This Friday (28), the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism informed that the Foz do Iguaçu National Park, in the state of Paraná, near the border between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, received 885,800 visitors from January to August this year, of which 470,200 were Brazilians and 415,600 were foreigners. The park, which harbours the Iguaçu Falls, is one of the environmental conservation units that attract the most tourists in Brazil, according to the ministry.
In comparison with the same period of 2010, the number of Brazilian visitors grew by 23% and the number of foreigners, by 2.83%. Among the latter, Argentineans travelled to Foz do Iguaçu the most, followed by Paraguayans. The ministry also recorded significant inflows of Europeans, especially French, German, Spanish, British, and Italians.
Other highlights, according to the ministry, were the increased inflows of tourists from Peru, Japan, China, Colombia, and Israel.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
