President Embratur, Vinicius Lummertz and Tourism minister, Marx Beltrão
President Embratur, Vinicius Lummertz and Tourism minister, Marx Beltrão
Tourism minister,
Marx Beltrão, said that the reopening of casinos integrated to resorts is
planned and is one of the measures that will make Brazilian tourism grow in the
coming years. The head of tourism in Brazil is in Madrid participating in
FITUR.
According to the minister, the reopening of the casinos integrated to resorts
is part of a list of actions to boost national tourism that need the approval
of the president of the republic, Michel Temer. Beltrão said he is negotiating
with the president and already has a forecast for the announcement of the
measures.
"I am optimistic and I am going to fight to the end for these measures. I
understand that tourism is the sector of the economy that can give a quicker
response to the resumption of growth, but we need these measures. The president
understands our point of view and I believe that even in this first semester,
he will announces the actions".
In addition to the reopening of the casinos, there are also other topics in the
list of measures to be taken: Transforming Embratur (Brazilian Institute of Tourism) into an agency; promoting
concessions to manage natural parks; changing legislation to allow the creation
of special areas of tourist interest; and creating special rates for theme
parks to import equipment under competitive conditions.
In 2016, the tourism sector
received an investment of just 16 million dollars, nevertheless, obtained the
best result in the tourism of Brazil. The country received 6.6 million foreign
tourists, who left USD $ 6.2 billion in Brazilian coffers.
Source: Embratur
