Archive for the ‘Brazil’ Category

Gay Tourism is Booming and Rio Wants to Be its Capital

The theatre lights dim and a Brazilian supermodel takes to the stage, tanned legs emerging from a skintight miniskirt. In the audience, an A to Z of Rio de Janeiro’s great and good: pop stars, sports stars, soap stars and would-be stars, flanked by an army of local paparazzi. Clutching a microphone, the model addresses [...]

July 12, 2011   Posted in: Brazil

“Brazil Now Visa Pass” Covers Cost of Visas for American Travelers

NEW YORK, NY, December 21, 2010 – Just in time for the holidays, the members of the Brazil Tour Operators Association (BTOA) are offering Americans an early Christmas present. Travelers who book trips with one of the 30 active BTOA members receive the BTOA Brazil Now Visa Pass, a coupon book featuring discounts and special [...]

December 21, 2010   Posted in: Brazil

The Top Tour in Rio, Brasil – Welcome to the Slums

Rio de Janeiro proves there is much more to the fabulous Brazilian city than Christ the Redeemer, the Loaf Mountain and Ipanema Beach. A pilot project was launched recently which lures visitors to Rio’s slums.

September 21, 2010   Posted in: Brazil

Heaviest rains in Rio’s history leave at least 95 dead, 44 hospitalized

By BRADLEY BROOKS | Apr 06, 2010 RIO DE JANEIRO – The heaviest rains in Rio de Janeiro’s history triggered landslides Tuesday that killed at least 95 people as rising water turned roads into rivers and paralyzed Brazil’s second-largest city.

April 7, 2010   Posted in: Brazil

First Timers To Brazil Head To Rio Then To Iguassu, Amazon & Bahia

NEW YORK, NY, January, 2010 – Brazil is appearing on lots of “top places to go” lists for 2010. News that the country will be hosting the World Cup in 2014 and the Summer Olympics in 2016 has put the destination front and center in the American media.

January 20, 2010   Posted in: Brazil

Brazil inaugurates largest floating Christmas tree in the world

RIO DE JANEIRO – The traditional inauguration of the largest floating Christmas tree in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records – 85-meters-tall (equivalent to a 28-story building) – sponsored by Bradesco Seguros e Previdencia, gathered together thousands of people on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The lighting of the tree is [...]

December 7, 2009   Posted in: Brazil

In Brazil’s Undiscovered Northeast Visitors Find History, Beaches, Diving, Surfing, Great Food & Country Music

New York, NY, November, 2009 – A sleepy state on Brazil’s northeast coast is starting to attract Americans. Relatively undiscovered until now, Pernambuco has much to interest visitors including 116 miles of pristine coastline, charming 16th century architecture, delicious seafood and terrific toe-tapping music. So while Rio has been getting the lion’s share of attention [...]

November 13, 2009   Posted in: Brazil

Brazil signs tourism agreement with Israel

Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov, accompanying President Shimon Peres on a state visit to Brazil, has signed a tourism agreement in hopes of encouraging Brazilian and South American travel to Israel, the Tourism Ministry announced in a statement Thursday.

November 13, 2009   Posted in: Brazil, Israel

Santa Catarina: one of Brazil’s and the world’s best-kept tourism secrets

After hosting one of the most successful Global Travel & Tourism Summits ever, breaking records in both participation (1,448 delegates) and media coverage (close to 1,700 articles, broadcasts, etc.), the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina can look forward to a great future in terms of sustainable tourism development.

November 10, 2009   Posted in: Brazil

Brazil invests $86 billion in hosting 2014 World Cup

In order to improve tourism infrastructure in the next few year in preparation to receive soccer lovers from all over the world the Brazilian government and the private initiative are going to invest 2.2 billion Brazilian reais (US$ 1.2 billion).

September 21, 2009   Posted in: Brazil