Brazil Holidays

Brazil Holidays are great ideas. Brazil is a land with lots of stuff. Lets take a look at it. Tourism in Brazil is a growing sector and key to the economy of several regions of the country. The country had 5.026 million visitors in 2007, placing Brazil as the fourth largest tourist destination in the Americas, the main destination in South America, and second in Latin America after Mexico, in terms of the international tourist arrivals. Revenues from international tourists reached USD 4.95 billion in 2007. In 2005, tourism contributed with 3.2% of the country's revenues from exports of goods and services, and represented 7% of direct and indirect employment in the Brazilian economy. In 2006 direct employment in the sector reached 1.87 million people. Domestic tourism is a fundamental market segment for the industry, as 51 million travel throughout the country in 2005, and direct revenues from Brazilian tourist reached USD 21.8 billion, 5.6 times more receipts than international tourists in 2005. Brazil offers for both domestic and international tourists, an ample gamut of options, with natural areas being its most popular tourism product, a combination of ecotourism with leisure and recreation, mainly sun and beach, and adventure travel, as well as historic and cultural tourism. Among the most popular destinations is the Amazon Rainforest, beaches and dunes in the Northeast Region, the Pantanal in the Center-West Region, beaches at the Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina, cultural and historic tourism in Minas Gerais and business trips to São Paulo city. In terms of 2008 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), which is a measurement of the factors that make it attractive to develop business in the travel and tourism industry of individual countries, Brazil reached the 49th place in the world's ranking, second among Latin American countries, and sixth in the Americas. Brazil main competitive advantages are shown by the subindex measuring human, cultural, and natural resources, where Brazil ranks sixth at the worldwide level, and third when only the natural resources criteria is considered. The TTCI report also notes Brazil's main weaknesses, information and communications technology infrastructure (ranked 58th), ground transport infrastructure (ranked 95th), and safety and security (ranked 128th).

.According to the World Tourism Organization (WTO), international travel to Brazil began to grow fast since 2000, paricullarly during 2004 and 2005. However, in 2006 a slow down took place, and international arrivals kept almost constant in 2007. In spite of this trend, revenues from international tourism continue to rise, from USD 3.9 billion in 2005 to USD 4.9 billion in 2007, a one billion dollar increase despite 333 thousand less arrivals. This favorable trend is the result of the strong devaluation of the American dollar against the Brazilian Real, which began in 2004, but on the other hand, making Brazil a more expensive international destination. Also, there have been a market demand contraction of international visitors due the 2006-2007 Brazilian aviation and airport crisis, and Varig Brazilian airline financial crisis, considered responsible for close to 400 thousand international travelers desisting to visit Brazil in 2006.

Despite continuing record breaking of international tourism revenues, the number of Brazilian tourists travelling overseas has been growing steadily since 2003, resulting in a net negative foreign exchange balance, as more money is spent abroad by Brazilian than receipts from international tourist visiting Brazil. Tourism expenditures abroad grew from USD 5.76 billion in 2006, to USD 8.21 billion in 2007, a 42,45% increase, representing a net deficit of USD 3.26 billion in 2007, as compared to USD 1.45 billion in 2006, a 125% increase from the previous year. This trend is caused by Brazilians taking advantage of the stronger Real to travel and making relatively cheaper expenditures abroad. Brazilian traveling overseas in 2006 represented 3.9% of the country's population

In 2005, Rio de Janeiro, Foz de Iguaçu, São Paulo, Florianópolis and Salvador were the most visited cities by international tourists for leisure trips. The most popular destinations for business trips were São Paulo, Río de Janeiro and Porto Alegre. In 2006 Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza were the most popular destinations by national visitors.
Main destinations visited by international tourists in 2005
Top 10 ranking by travel purpose

(2005) Destination % Ranking of some people

1º Rio de Janeiro 31,5 1º São Paulo 49,4 1º São Paulo 32,5
2º Foz de Iguaçu 17,0 2º Rio de Janeiro 22,3 2º Rio de Janeiro 25,0
3º São Paulo 13,6 3º Porto Alegre 8,2 2º Belo Horizonte 6,4
4º Florianópolis 12,1 4º Curitiba 5,4 4º Salvador 6,3
5º Salvador 11,5 5º Belo Horizonte 4,1 5º Foz de Iguaçu 5,1
6º Balneário Camboriú 6,7 6º Campinas 4,1 6º Curitiba 4,6
7º Fortaleza 6,4 7º Brasília 3,4 7º Florianópolis 4,0
8º Natal 5,8 8º Foz de Iguaçu 3,0 8º Porto Alegre 3,6
9º Armação dos Búzios 5,4 9º Salvador 2,7 9º Fortaleza 3,4
10º Manaus 4,0 10º Florianópolis 1,8 10º Brasília 3,1

Most international visitor in 2007 came from Argentine (18.3%), from the United States (13,9%) and from Portugal (5.6%), but Europeans as whole represent 39.7% of all visitors, the same share as visitors from neighboring South American countries, mainly from Mercosur.

Domestic tourism is a key market segment for the tourism industry in Brazil. In 2005, 51 million Brazilian nationals made ten times more trips than foreign tourists and spent five times more money than their international counterparts. The main destination states in 2005 were São Paulo (27,7%), Minas Gerais (10,8%), Rio de Janeiro (8,4%), Bahia (7,4%) and Santa Catarina (7,2%). The top three state by trip origin were São Paulo (35,7%), Minas Gerais (13,6%) and Río de Janeiro (8,2%). In terms of tourism revenues, the top earners by state are São Paulo (16,4%) and Bahia (11,7%). For 2005 the three main trip purposes were visiting friends and family (53,1%), sun and beach(40,8%), and cultural tourism(12,5%).

Places many like to go to

* Rio de Janeiro
* Rio de Janeiro State: Angra dos Reis, Paraty, Resende, Visconde de Mauá, Itatiaia National Park, Petrópolis, Vassouras, Teresópolis, Serra dos Órgãos, Nova Friburgo, Saquarema, Arraial do Cabo, Cabo Frio, Búzios, Ilha Grande
* Espírito Santo: Vitória, Guarapari, Anchieta, Piúma, Domingos Martins, Santa Teresa
* Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, Sabará, Ouro Preto, Congonhas, Mariana, Lavras, São João del Rei, Tiradentes, Diamantina, Caxambu, São Lourenço, São Thomé das Letras, Caparaó National Park, Pico da Bandeira, Serra do Cipó National Park
* São Paulo
* São Paulo State: São Sebastião, Ilhabela, Boiçucanga, Guarujá, Santos, Iguape, Cananéia, Campos do Jordão

Southern Region

* Paraná: Curitiba, Morretes, Antonina, Paranaguá, Ilha do Mel, Superagüi National Park, Foz do Iguaçu, Iguaçu Falls
* Santa Catarina: Florianópolis, Ilha de Santa Catarina, Joinville, Blumenau
* Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, Torres, Aparados da Serra National Park, Serra Gaúcha, Canela, Gramado

Center-West Region

* Distrito Federal: Brasília
* Goiás: Goiânia, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Pirenópolis, Goiás Velho, Caldas Novas, Emas National Park, Araguaia River
* Mato Grosso: Cuiabá, The Pantanal, Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, Barra do Garças, Alta Floresta, Cáceres, Barão de Melgaço, Poconé
* Mato Grosso do Sul: Campo Grande, Corumbá, Bonito, Ponta Porã, Aquidauana, Coxim, Jardim

Northeast Region

* Bahia: Salvador, Cachoeira, Lençóis, Morro de São Paulo, Ilhéus, Porto Seguro, Arraial d'Ajuda, Trancoso, Chapada Diamantina National Park, Abrolhos Marine National Park
* Pernambuco: Recife, Olinda, Itamaracá, Igarassu, Caruaru, Fazenda Nova, Nova Jerusalém, Garanhuns, Triunfo, Fernando de Noronha
* Ceará: Fortaleza, Aracati, Canoa Quebrada, Jericoacoara, Tatajuba, Camocim, Sobral, Baturité, Ubajara National Park, Juazeiro do Norte
* Sergipe: Aracaju, Laranjeiras, São Cristóvão, Estância, Propriá
* Alagoas: Maceió, Penedo
* Paraíba: João Pessoa, Baía da Traição, Sousa
* Rio Grande do Norte: Natal
* Piauí: Teresina, Sete Cidades National Park, Parnaíba, Serra da Capivara National Park
* Maranhão: São Luís, Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Alcântara, Imperatriz, Carolina

North Region

* Amazonas: Manaus, Parintins, Tefé, Mamirauá
* Pará: Belém, Ilha de Marajó, Santarém
* Tocantins: Palmas, Ilha do Bananal, Natividade
* Amapá: Macapá, Oiapoque
* Roraima: Boa Vista, Monte Roraima
* Rondônia: Porto Velho, Guajará-Mirim, Guaporé Valley
* Acre: Rio Branco, Xapuri, Brasiléia, Assis Brasil

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