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The beaches of
Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the most popular tourist destination in the country.
São Paulo is the biggest city in
Brazil.
Paulista Avenue, the main financial centre, the scene of the biggest events in one of the largest crops in the city.
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 largest tourist destination in the American continent.[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 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:
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- Rio de Janeiro
- Rio de Janeiro State: Angra dos Reis, Paraty, 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 Thomé das Letras, Caparaó National Park, Pico da Bandeira, 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, Canela, Gramado
- 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, Jardim
- Bahia: Salvador, Cachoeira, Lençóis, Morro de São Paulo, Ilhéus, Porto Seguro, Arraial d'Ajuda, Trancoso, Chapada Diamantina National Park, Abrolhos Marine National Park
- Pernambuco: Recife, Olinda, Itamaracá, Igarassu, Caruaru, Fazenda Nova, Nova Jerusalém, Garanhuns, Triunfo, Fernando de Noronha
- Ceará: Fortaleza, Aracati, Canoa Quebrada, Jericoacoara, Tatajuba, Camocim, Sobral, Baturité, Ubajara National Park, Juazeiro do Norte
- Sergipe: Aracaju, Laranjeiras, São Cristóvão, Estância, Propriá
- Alagoas: Maceió, Penedo
- Paraíba: João Pessoa, Baía da Traição, Sousa
- Rio Grande do Norte: Natal
- Piauí: Teresina, Sete Cidades National Park, Parnaíba, Serra da Capivara National Park
- Maranhão: São Luís, Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Alcântara, Imperatriz, Carolina
- Amazonas: Manaus, Parintins, Tefé, Mamirauá
- Pará: Belém, Ilha de Marajó, Santarém
- Tocantins: Palmas, Ilha do Bananal, Natividade
- Amapá: Macapá, Oiapoque
- Roraima: Boa Vista, Monte Roraima
- Rondônia: Porto Velho, Guajará-Mirim, Guaporé Valley
- Acre: Rio Branco, Xapuri, Brasiléia, Assis Brasil
