We are glad to say that tourism is becoming one of the biggest industries in Brazil. Most part of the visitors come to Brazil combining plans of ecotourism, leisure and recreation -mostly including sun and beach.Rio de Janeiro has been the most visited city in Brazil by foreigners for recreation trips in first place and business travel in second place.

Since Brazil is such a huge country, it offers great options for both domestic and international tourists. With several breathtaking landscapes, natural areas are the most popular tourism product in Brazil. Due to the enormous amount of natural attractions, Brazil has been acclaimed for increasing focus on eco-tourism. This an amazing factor because it means that the tourism around such areas does not harm the environment or its resources.

Several places in Brazil have been ranked as World Heritage Sites by Unesco. The selection of the places are made based on historical or cultural importance or natural resplendence. This is the complete list of Brazilian places included on the Unesco list:

– Ouro Preto (town)
– Olinda (historic center)
– Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis (São Miguel das Missões)
– Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
–  Iguacu National Park

–  Salvador de Bahia (historic center)

– Brasilia (city)
– Serra da Capivara National ParkSão Luis (historic center)
– Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves
– Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
– Diamantina (historic centre and town)
– Central Amazon Conservation Complex Pantanal Conservation Area

– Pantanal Conservation Area
– Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
– Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
– Goías (historic center and town )
– São Francisco Square in the town of São Cristovão

Curiosities about Tourism in Brazil:

– In 2014 the “Santurário de Aparecida do Norte”  (North’s Aparecida Sanctuary) received 12 million visitors which is twice the amount of visitors that the Eiffel Tower received in 2013.

– Mostly international visitors come from Argentina, Europe in general and the USA.

–  Lying mostly in Western Brazil, the Pantanal is the world’s largest wetland.

– Recife, the capital of Pernambuco state, is called the “Venice of Brazil” and it has two carnivals per year