Sunday, December 17, 2017

Season 2018: Cruise tourists start arriving to Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro season 2018: Even going through a bad time, Rio de Janeiro continues to attract many tourists. For example, this month will be given the start for the 2017/2018 Sea Cruises season at Pier Maua (Rio de Janeiro harbor). On October 29th the International cruise Terminal of the wonderful city receives its first atraction: The International ship Oceania Sirena, a small craft and Luxurious with over 800 people on board. From there to the  April 29th, 2018, the operation no longer stops! There will be 94 arrivals, of which 23 are long-haul (international) cruises and 25 ships in total. In this period, more than 380,000 tourists are expected to take advantage of varied itineraries in Brazil.

Tourists are greeted at the cruise terminal located in the 4 and 5 warehouses of Pier Maua. These facilities are located in front of one of the light rails (VLT) stations, the "Ship Stop", and close to the external warehouse, where currently one of its walls houses the work "Ethnia" by Eduardo Kobra. There in the "external", buses and other vehicles are parked to make the transfer of visitors to various points of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Friday, December 15, 2017

Rio Carnival 2018 will have the largest private investment in history

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Something to be congratulated on the Rio prefecture of Crivella is to avoid the use of public money in actions not linked to the public power, but to facilitate that private initiative invest. This has received many criticisms, after all, the Brazilian thinks that government money does not end, that there is this thing called budget.

Then it is to congratulate the Project Carnival Rio 2018, promoted by Riotur, which hit budget record, guaranteeing total private investment of R $35 million, offered by Uber and Dream Factory. Riotur's role in this uptake of sponsorships corroborates the intention of making these events autofinanceable, minimizing the impact on the public budget and attracting private capital to the realization of the largest event in Rio de Janeiro. This figure covers the operational costs of street carnival, parades of carnaval access groups on Avenue Intendente Magalhães, Blocos de Embalo e Enredo, Palcos e Bailes Populares, stages and popular balls.
The investment will be earmarked for structural and planning improvements, including security, surveillance, transit operations, visual communication, medical posts and chemical bathrooms; In addition to five centres of surveillance, installed in the areas of greater circulation. See more beach vacation information

Part of the value collected from the private initiative will also comprise the subsidy given to the Carnival Samba schools of the special group, totaling an investment of R $19.5 million, added only the parcels of the municipality of Rio and Riotur. Liesa, which brings together the 13 associations of the special group, will receive R $27.5 million in total, including still Real $8 million offered by the Ministry of Culture, which presents an increase of R $3.5 million compared to the contribution of previous years.

Monday, February 20, 2017

Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2017: Blocos take about 1 million people to the streets


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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Carnival Blocos (carnival street bands)take about 1 million people to the streets of Rio on the weekend.
Only the Bloco da Preta had estimated public of 500,000 people, on this Sunday. In Copacabana Beach, 200,000 carnival revelers tanned the sertanejo music of the Bloco Chora Me Liga, under heat of 40ḞC.

Photo: brazilian carioca people at Bloco

Brazil Carnival 2017 still didn't begin officially, but the movement in the streets of Rio proves that the hot fun already arrived to be. About 1 million people participated at the party of 115  blocks Saturday (February 18) to Sunday (February 19)

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photo:Rio carnival blocos: hot brazilian girls
The largest was the Bloco da Preta, with 500 thousand people in this Sunday in the Center, with homage to the Chacrinha centennial.
Under sun and thermal sensation of 40ḞC, 200 thousand people followed the Chora Me Liga for the beach walk of Copacabana, for a carnival in rhythm sertanejo.

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photo: Rio carnival blocos
The Suvaco de Cristo had 15,000 thousand revelers public in the Jardim Botanico. In Barra da Tijuca, 70 thousand people accompanied the street band Bloco da Barra.

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photo: hot carnival brazilian girl at bloco

The Brazilian carnival fest was inaugurated well early, as 4 thousand people in the Cordão do Boitatá, in the Center. The Timoneiros da Viola, in Madureira, counted with the 10,000 people and, in Laranjeiras, the traditional block infantile Gigante da Lira gathered 4 thousand revelers, between adults and children.

On Saturday, they were about 250 thousand people participated at the party. The carnival bloco that gathered more cariocas and tourists were the Simpatia é Quase Amor, in Ipanema, with 50,000 people. rio de janeiro bloco hot mulatto women
Photo: Rio carnival blocos, mulatto brazilian girls

Rio Carnival 2017 complete schedule

This Friday begins the Carnival in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, the main city for the carnaval celebrations, is full of carnival activities, street bands or blocos everywhere, the Samba Parade at Sambadrome and other carnival balls.

The site TravelZero55 has published the complete Rio de Janeiro carnival 2017 program and activities.
Check it out ! and good Carnaval !!!