Rio’s Carnival lures 380,000 local and foreign tourists combined

Despite the spooky shroud cast over the city by criminal violence, Rio de Janeiro Carnivals brought some 380,000 local and foreign visitors to the city, said Ruben Medina, secretary of tourism at the Mayor’s Office.

The official cited some stats provided by the Brazilian Travel Agency Association as he pointed out that right now hotels are proudly boasting a hundred-percent occupancy rate.

Mr. Medina underlined that such a volume of visitors could bring in a ballpark figure of $116 million worth of revenues for the city.

The local Tourism Secretary went on to inform that other events scheduled to take place in the city in the ongoing year will get a similar promotional exposure to the Carnivals with an aim to add more profits to those reaped by Rio’s leisure industry.