THE NEWS OF BRAZIL, THE PRESENT TIME OF BRAZIL

New record of Brazil registering near three million Euros in currencies and six million tourists.

The data of the Central bank of Brazil give a new record to the numbers of income by foreign tourism of the first 11 months of 2008. The past November, the currency entrance reached the 313 million Euros, 213 million more than the registered ones throughout all the year 2007.

Accumulated from January to November of 2008, number has reflected very positive, since the number of 5.253 trillions of dollars has been reached, that are equivalent to 3,188 million Euros, surpassing to the 12 months of 2007. Before these results, the minister of Tourism of Brazil, Luiz Barreto, shows his optimism towards a balance of payments more and more balanced in the tourist sector, while he animates to the Brazilians to travel by his country. “It is a little while in that the change does not favor to travel to the foreigner�?, in spite of it “an opportunity turns out to fortify the internal market of the trips�?, indicates. For the president of Embratur, Jeanine Pires, this exercise already can be considered like very positive. “Already there are broken the barrier of the 5 trillions of dollars�?, which supposes “an historical record for Brazil and we are going to close 2008 with a number that can be very near the 6 trillions�?.

In these 11 first months of 2008, the number of foreign tourists who have entered Brazil in regular flights approaches the 6 million passengers. In relation to November of 2007 the number has grown a 3.83%. Although to a lesser extent, the flights charter also have registered an increase during this period, concretely a 1.54% more than the same months in 2007. Until November of 2008, the disembarkations that were reflected were of 5.709.095 in regular flights and 240,581 in nonregular flights. And only during this month the registered arrivals of passengers were placed in 501.332.

Geographic national has distinguished to Brazil with the Best prize of Adventure 2009 in the category Top Destinies.

As every year the publishers of the publication chose the destinies that believed the best places of adventure, being in this opportunity only two chosen countries, Brazil and Nepal.

The magazine National Geographic Adventure owns 2,4 million readers around the world, mobilizing with its commentaries to the people whom the passion by the life shares outdoors and the sports of adventure.

BRAZIL - TRANSPORTS - Liberalizes the aerial tariffs towards the rest of South America.

As of today they are liberalized the tariffs of all the flights that operate from Brazil towards other countries of South America. With this measurement, the Brazilian aeronautical authorities hope that there is a sensible reduction of the prices.

GOAL, Brazilian low COST. “The entrance in force of the tariff freedom collapses totally the limits used in Brazil until last February�?, says to a note disclosed by the National Agency of Aviación Civil (ANAC). The official notice adds that “the expectation is that the increase of the competition (through the discounts) stimulates a fall of the final prices to the consumer, mainly in low season�?. With this decision, the ANAC indicates that Brazil is united to the other South American countries “that already practice a total tariff freedom in the international flights�?. Until February last, in their flights from Brazil towards the other twelve South American countries, the airlines only could offer a discount maximum of 30% in their tariffs, that from the 1 of March happened to be of 50%. Thus the things, a passage from this country towards any other of South America could get to cost more to 50% than in opposite sense. According to sources of the ANAC, the tariff liberalization will have to help “to correct those distortions�? and will result in a progressive fall of the prices in the flights from Brazil. The ANAC also emphasizes that the frequency of flights from the country towards the rest of South America has an increasing tendency, partly by agreements signed in the last months with neighboring nations. The last year, two million people started off from Brazil for other South-American countries, number that supposed an increase of 20.5% in relation to the 2006 and relegated to Europe to the second place between the destinies with greater flow of travellers, indicates the ANAC.

Embratur and ambaixada do Brazil anunciam comitê of tourism to promote or Brazil na Espanha

Realized Foi na manhã desta sixth-feira (04/07), na Ambaixada do Brazil member state Madri, espanhola capital, reunião gives president gives Embratur, Jeanine Pires, and do embaixador do Brazil nonCountry, Jose Viegas Filho, com you principais operators and organizations do tourist market gives Espanha.

Na ocasião foi announced, for or market espanhol, or beginning gives primeira campanha advertizing of promoção of brasileiros destinies to being realized nonCountry and formalização do Comitê that will meet periodically to define strategies of reforço na promoção of brasileiros destinies na Espanha.

“To Espanha prioridade finishes passar for a category of market of altíssima stops to promoção do Brazil as estreita nonouter tourist destiny and uma parceria mais com or market espanhol vai ao encontro gives strategy that traçamos for or Country�?, declarou to president gives Embratur Jeanine Pires. Ela salientou ainda to importância gives liderança and apoio do embaixador Viegas and to confiança that you principais you obstruct do market espanhol já depositam nonBrazil as tourist destiny.

Além gives president gives Embratur, gives to executiva do Writing-desk Brasileiro de Turismo na Espanha Fernanda Hummel and do embaixador present Jose Viegasl, estiveram na reunião or diretor gives TAM stops Europe, Jose Salts, presidents, diretores and managers of important operators of tourism give Espanha, like Catai, Nobel Tours, Marsans, Globalia, Orizonia, Crucemar and carta.com, and of organizations do world-wide tourist market espanhol and: Association of Wholesaler of Spanish Trips (Amave), Spanish Association of Professionals of Turismo (AEPT), Spanish Federation of Associations of Agencies of Viajes (FEAAV) and World-wide Organização do Turismo (OMT).

To criação do Comitê face part gives strategy gives Embratur, com or apoio do Commercial Department and of Tourism gives to Ambaixada brasileira, of aproximação between ace tourist organizations it give duas nações and of strategic parceria member state ações of divulgação do tourism brasileiro nonCountry europeu.

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To Espanha and or nono tourist country that mais enviou for or Brazil member state 2007, sendo or fifth gives Europe. Secondly or estudo Tourist Demand the International (2006), entrusted peels Embratur à Fundação Institute of Econômicas Investigations (Fipe), 96.2% two espanhóis that vieram ao Brazil pretendem to return member state outra ocasião.

The Standard&Poor's company has recalificado the long term debt of Brazil of BB+ to BBB-. It means that the organization values positively to the South American country as far as its capacity to fulfill its commitments credit.

In addition S&P, that analyzes the risk to invest abroad, admits that, although the Brazilian net debt continues being high, the “risk is mitigated by a clearly predictable file of the fiscal pragmatism and political of handling of the debt�?.

S&P augurs good expectations of growth due to “the maturity of the institutions of Brazil�?, as well as to the “political atmosphere�? and the “preservative monetary policy�?.

This qualification has provoked an immediate rise in the stock-exchange behavior of the country. Wednesday stock-market closed with an historical record, after an ascent of 6.33%, the greater daily gain of Bovespa from 2001.

Attraction for the Spanish investor

Of the emergent economies, Brazil is one of the more attractive countries that sample for the Spanish market. The consultant Ernst & Young recently confirmed therefore it in a study on investments abroad. Along with Mexico, the Spanish industralists have, according to the study, his seen puttings in the South American country.

As far as the tourist sector, the Spanish hotel chains that already count on presence in Brazil are Sun Melià and NH Hotels. On the other hand, the hotel chain Hotetur has predicted in its plan strategic to enter itself in Brazil in next the two years.

The one of the open measures to the foreign capital that shuffles Government of Lula da Silva is the increase of the outer participation in the investments of the aerial sector. Recently, the Brazilian minister of Defense, Nelson Jobim, announced the possibility of extending from 20% to 40% the foreign participation in the airline companies.

The Spanish turoperadores assure that Brazil has not rejected to any tourist with tourist package (airplane roundtrip + stay in hotel/es)

It seems that the waters are returning to their channel and have spent several days without no Spanish tourist has been rejected to his arrival to Brazil. In any case, the turoperadores assure that the greater guarantee is to travel with `tourist package' that includes roundtrip ticket and coincident lodging with the dates of the airplane ticket.

Than 20 Spaniards rejected the more in the controls of the Brazilian airports in the last weeks they have common that, or did not take roundtrip ticket, or they had not reserved lodging. That is to say, the problem had the travellers who traveled to their air and which they were victims of a conflict more politician than originated by reasons for security.

The commercial Director of Club of Vacations, Miguel Cantalapiedra, indicates that “as a result of the beginning of this situation there are extreme the information that we transmitted the travel agencies so that they communicate the passengers and we have sent an informative note in which we detailed the requirements to travel calm�?. Those requirements are to travel with the roundtrip ticket, the lodging reserved “by the same days that the airplane ticket marks, not less�?, indicates the manager of the turoperador, as well as the passport in force and a minimum amount of money in metalist: “About 500 Euros, more or less�?, indicate Cantalapiedra.

On the part of Crucemar (portalcongonhas.com) we complemented the news, indicating the requirements necessary to travel to Brazil, according to the information offered by the Embassy of Brazil in Spain:

Three Brazilian airports are between the worse ones of the world as far as punctuality in the exit of their flights, according to a listing spread yesterday by the Forbes magazine.

The first position of that ranking occupies the airport Brasilia International (BSB), where throughout the past year less than 27% of the flights left to their hour and the average delay was of 52 minutes.

One calculates that the past year they used that airport at least 10 million passengers, according to the data published by Forbes, that assures that the Brazilian aerodromes are those that worse file they accumulated in 2007 as far as punctuality. The put second of the listing occupies the Airport the International of Beijing (PEK), second more visited of China and of where they only left precise in 2007 33% the flights, only a year of that the Olympic Games are celebrated there.

Both following positions occupy again Brazilian airports: Sao Paulo Guarulhos International (GRU) and Congonhas International (CGH), both great aerodromes of the Brazilian city, according to the publication.

Only the 41 and 43% of the flights, respectively, left precise those airports, both managed by the state company Infraero.

The airport of Cairo (CAI), the frequented second of Africa more and with a percentage of punctuality in their exits of 47%, and the Parisian of Charles de Gaulle complete the ranking facilitated by Forbes (CDG), with 50%.

The American publication also spread a listing of the airports that more delay they accumulated in the arrivals of his flights during 2007.