MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Confederations Cup boosted international tourist income in Brazil to record levels
The Cup finally remained at home after Brazil defeated Spain The recent Confederations Cup football tournament helped boost international tourist income to Brazil to record levels in the first half of the year, according to the latest stats from the Brazilian Tourist Board, Embratur.
Foreign tourists to the country injected 7 billion Reais approx 3.5 billion dollars into the Brazilian economy, showing an increase of 9.6% based on the same volume of Reais spent by inbound tourists in the first half of last year.
A further several tens of millions is expected to have been generated last month with Brazil hosting World Youth Day and the successful visit of Pope Francis during a week.
Tourist board president Flávio Dino said: “Obviously, the Confederations Cup taking place in June helped accentuate this upward curve.
”We were already breaking the annual record if we considered the results up to May, but, undoubtedly, the Confederations Cup contributed a lot to this performance, not only as a result of spending on match days, but also as a result of the visibility that the country is gaining.
“Recent analysis carried out by Embratur estimates tourists spend and other indirect effects, around World Youth Day will generate 1.2 billion Reais (600 million dollars)”.
Brazil attracted 5.7 million international visitors last year and projects a rise to a record 6 million in 2013.
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Read all commentsRecord Levels in Brazil as for tourism revenues mean a few extra dollars since this is one of the most dangerous countries to visit. Many tourists return to their countries inside a coffin. This must be another lie from our corrupt government and the World Cup here will be similar to South Africa's if not worse! I wonder why Mercopress shows a Brazill that we, Brazilians, do not see here.
Aug 09th, 2013 - 08:44 am 0#1
Aug 09th, 2013 - 09:46 am 0What evidence have you for the murder of *tourists*?
What % of visiting tourists get murdered?
In my years of living in Brasil, I know of very, very few.
There are more reports of shark mortalities - which are rare - than tourist murders.
'Rio, São Paulo and the other big cities are not nearly as dangerous as you might think from watching Brazilian movies like … well, like just about all of them. Except for the rarest of exceptions, tourists don’t get killed or kidnapped. But they do get mugged from time to time. So aside from not walking alone at night and taking other appropriate precautions, simply don’t go out with anything you couldn’t stand losing. I take a bit of cash, one credit card and a copy of my passport.'
http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/for-a-brazilian-vacation-7-rules-to-save-by/?_r=0
@ 1......You aren't Brazilian. You are a idiot!!!
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