Tourism in Brazil

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The beaches of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the most popular tourist destination in the country.
The beaches of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the most popular tourist destination in the country.

Tourism in Brazil is a growing sector. The country had 5,358,000 visitors in 2005, an increase of 4% since 2004, placing them as the fourth greatest tourist destination in the Americas.[1] Of these, 991,000 were Argentine, 792,000 from the United States and 373,000 from Portugal. The visitors left R$4 billion in the country, making tourism an important economic field for Brazil, generating 678,000 new jobs.

The regions receiving the major share of the tourism were Rio de Janeiro (34,7%), Santa Catarina (25,1%), Paraná (20,3%), São Paulo (22,1%), Amazonas (22%) and Bahia (15,5%). The most visited cities were Rio de Janeiro (31,5%), Foz do Iguaçu (17%), São Paulo (13,6%), Manaus (13,4%), Florianópolis (12,1%) and Salvador (11,5%).

The following is a list of major tourist attractions in Brazil:

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The World Tourism Organization. Tourism Highlights 2006 [pdf]. Retrieved on January 6, 2006.
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