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Tourism in Brazil
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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:
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rio de Janeiro State: Angra dos Reis, Parati, 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 Tomé das Letras, Caparaó National Park, Serra do Cipó National Park
- São Paulo
- São Paulo State: São Sebastião, Ilhabela, Boiçucanga, Guarujá, Santos, Iguape, Cananéia, Campos do Jordão
- 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
- 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
- Bahia: Salvador, Cachoeira, Lençóis, Morro de São Paulo, Ilhéus, Porto Seguro, Arraial d'Ajuda, Trancoso, Chapada Diamantina National Park, Abrolhos Marine National Park
- Sergipe: Aracaju, Laranjeiras, São Cristóvão, Estância, Propriá
- Alagoas: Maceió, Penedo
- Pernambuco: Recife, Olinda, Itamaracá, Caruaru, Fazenda Nova, Nova Jesusalém, Garanhuns, Triunfo, Fernando de Noronha
- Paraíba: João Pessoa, Baía da Traição, Sousa
- Rio Grande do Norte: Natal
- Ceará: Fortaleza, Aracati, Canoa Quebrada, Jericoacoara, Tatajuba, Camocim, Sobral, Baturité, Ubajara National Park, Juazeiro do Norte
- Piauí: Teresina, Sete Cidades National Park, Parnaíba, Serra da Capivara National Park
- Maranhão: São Luís, Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Alcântara, Imperatriz, Carolina
- Pará: Belém, Ilha de Marajó, Santarém
- Amapá: Macapá, Oiapoque
- Tocantins: Palmas, Ilha do Bananal, Natividade
- Amazonas: Manaus, Parintins, Tefé, Mamirauá
- Roraima: Boa Vista, Monte Roraima
- Rondônia: Porto Velho, Guajará-Mirim, Guaporé Valley
- Acre: Rio Branco, Xapuri, Brasiléia, Assis Brasil
- ^ The World Tourism Organization. Tourism Highlights 2006 [pdf]. Retrieved on January 6, 2006.