Rio de Janeiro registered 10% more Brazilian and Foreign tourists during the carnival than in the same period last year. The estimate is by the Riotur, the municipal organization responsible for promotion of Rio. The city received approximately 730,000 tourists and the occupation rates in its hotel infrastructure was 94%. According to Municipal Tourism Secretary [...]
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The Joys, and Lessons, of Traveling to Brazil
By MATTI ANTTILA/The New York Times I’VE been flying since I was a child. I was only 8 years old when I had my first solo flight to Europe. I had to wear my passport around my neck, and I always got a lot of attention from the flight attendants. Many of them would [...]
Mystics and marvels in a lost world
By Rhiannon Batten, from The Observer With its colonial towns, spectacular landscape and New Age scene, the landlocked state of Goiás could be Brazil’s best-kept secret. A dip into one of the many waterfalls in Goiás is a highlight of a visit to the state. Photograph: Alamy On a languid summer evening, the pavements of [...]
The Other Brazil: Minas Gerais
Kevin Moloney for The New York Times A wedding picture in front of the Nossa Senhora da Conceição in the town of Ouro Preto. By SETH KUGEL THE map showed two obvious ways to get from Catas Altas, a sleepy village in the foothills of southeast Brazil, to our hotel at Serra do Cipó National [...]