LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 03 March 2020

* This year’s Carnival has been the best one ever for the city of Rio de Janeiro, according to Rio’s tourism office (Riotur). Riotur reports that the city received 2.1m tourists, saw 10m people take to the streets for celebrations which lasted a record number of days, recorded 93% hotel occupancy rates on average (with some areas reaching 100%) and the highest number of international ships docked in the city in the last 20 years, to the tune of R$4bn (US$894m) in economic activity. “This was, without doubt, not only the biggest but also the best carnival of all time. […] The activity in the local economy and the financial return for the city confirm that tourism is the business of our Rio de Janeiro”, Riotur’s president Marcelo Alves said during the presentation of the 2020 Carnival results.

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