Infrastructure works will cost about $ 12 billion for Olympics in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

The expenditures will be mostly from the federal government, but there will also be involvement of state and municipal governments. The Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro will cost the public coffers U.S. $ 11.6 billion in infrastructure works for the city to be able to host the Games - the real value would be $ 20.3 billion. The expenses, mostly, are the federal government, but there will also be...

August 24th, 2010 by admin 

Tourism in Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Landmarks Tips - What to visit

The news that Rio de Janeiro will host the Olympic Games in 2016 meant that many sectors evaluate the benefit that this event may generate. One of them is tourism. Already considered as “Marvelous City ‘, Rio has other beautiful tourist spots that is sure to please the visitors. In addition to beautiful beaches, Christ the Redeemer, Sugar Loaf and the Morumbi stadium in the city center...

March 24th, 2010 by admin 

What comes and goes and tourism up and down the shantytown in Rio de Janeiro (alternative tourism in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil)

Start the interview by making a deliberately broad and general question, almost one of those questions with the other candidates battle it out in the electoral debates: It is possible to slum tours? Bianca Freire-Medeiros, the interviewee, I will only answer that question fully in the final minutes of our conversation. Not because she has shied away at the time to answer me, or because the question...

March 21st, 2010 by admin 

Rio’s favelas - Another angle of tourism in Rio de Janeiro

The jeep tour of the still dominates the Rocinha slum tourism in Rio The tour lasts three hours and covers areas “liberated”. The novelty is that other slums, smaller and without the presence of trafficking, entered the leisure routes in the city. The flavor of the month is the Tavares Bastos, in Catete. It’s small, peaceful and safe - is beside the Battalion of Special Police Operations...

March 9th, 2010 by admin 

LIFE CARIOCA - Some symbols of the city of Festivals, places and people that reflect the qualities of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

The 2016 Games are just a detail. The beauty of Rio is eternal, and the city will not necessarily be more beautiful because of the Olympics. Can be more efficient, clean, safe, proud, and its transportation system can improve, but the landscape and the fundamental habits Rio will not change. Christ the Redeemer is still there, as well as the neighborhood of Leblon. Other beliefs are that the exuberant...

March 9th, 2010 by admin 

Names of the main sights to see in Rio de Janeiro (hot tip of tourism)

Find here the names of the finer points of tourism to meet in Rio de Janeiro Botafogo from the Ipanema beach to the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro. If you draw a roadmap with these names and points of tourism will be the most beautiful places and the hottest spots for tourism in Rio de Janeiro. Welcome to one of the most beautiful in the world! Botafogo Flamengo Catedral Metropolitana Central Bank of...

March 3rd, 2010 by admin 

Go Skip Carnival in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil? Know All About Him

The Carnival is a major popular festival in Brazil, with the carnival of Rio’s richest and well-known, attracting thousands of tourists and foreigners. Every year, at the time of Carnival, the city of Rio de Janeiro breathe for five days an enviable air of joy. Cariocas forget problems and obligations and surrender to the gigantic spectacle of dance and magic. The culmination of the festival...

March 1st, 2010 by admin 

Tourists praising the Rio de Janeiro during Carnival

Rio de Janeiro has the approval of tourists in this carnival. According to research by Riotur Tourism Company of Rio de Janeiro - 98% of respondents reported that the visit to Rio exceeded or met expectations. Among the foreigners, 51% had their expectations exceeded. Results from 2009 highlight positive assessment of the respondents in relation to urban transport services and tourist information...

March 1st, 2010 by admin 

Actress Paola Oliveira was elected for the second time the best queen battery Sapucaí the carnival in Rio 2010

Actress Paola Oliveira was elected for the second time the best battery of queen Sapucaí it for the second time came ahead of the samba school Grande Rio, also took the title of queen of the big carnival for the second consecutive year, according to the an Internet site specializing in celebrities. In 2009, Viviane Araujo Paola ousted in the final. Already in 2010, the dispute was with Luiza Brunet,...

February 19th, 2010 by admin