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Brazil tourist map
Tourist map of Brazil. Brazil tourist map (South America - Americas) to print. Brazil tourist map (South America - Americas) to download. Tourism in Brazil is a growing sector and key to the economy of several regions of the country. The country had 5.2 million visitors in 2008 and in 2007 ranked as the fourth largest tourist destination in the Americas, the main destination in South America, and second in Latin America after Mexico, in terms of the international tourist arrivals as its shown in Brazil tourist map. Revenues from international tourists reached USD 5.78 billion in 2008. In 2005, tourism contributed with 3.2% of the country revenues from exports of goods and services, and represented 7% of direct and indirect employment in the Brazilian economy.
Brazil offers for both domestic and international tourists, an ample gamut of options, with natural areas being its most popular tourism product, a combination of ecotourism with leisure and recreation, mainly sun and beach, and adventure travel, as well as historic and cultural tourism as its mentioned in Brazil tourist map. Among the most popular destinations are the Amazon Rainforest, beaches and dunes in the Northeast Region, the Pantanal in the Center-West Region, beaches at Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina, cultural and historic tourism in Minas Gerais and business trips to São Paulo city.