Rio de Janeiro attracts many national and international tourists who come to the city for its beaches, its varied cultural and nightlife. However, half of the passengers recorded in the hotels of Rio visit the city for work, while 29% are traveling for pleasure, 12% attends conventions and / or conferences, and 4% is a member of crews air. The remaining 5% belongs to the category "other" .99

According to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the city of Rio de Janeiro had in 2004 with 441 hotel establishments, most of them located in the Southern Zone, mainly in Copacabana and Ipanema.

Primary tourist destination in the Southern Hemisphere





Bondinho Sugar Loaf.

                                              

 Carnaval de Río de Janeiro

While the religious calendar indicates that the carnival period begins on January 6, the Brazilian carnival held annually forty days before Easter. Usually the celebration nearest secular holiday that religious event, held in February or even 92 marzo.91
The Carnival of Rio de Janeiro is one of the most famous in the world, visited by tourists from all latitudes.93 Every year in the Sambadrome parade of samba schools representing neighborhoods and cities Cariocas Fluminense State, which must meet strict regulation. The jury awarded marks for every aspect displayed in the parade and the samba school that meets the highest score is crowned campeona.94 Until 2005, the samba school that had added more points in the Sambadrome was Beija-Flor de Nilópolis, followed by Imperatriz Leopoldinense, Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel and Mangueira.95
While most famous carnival in Rio is the Panel's parade takes place in the Sambadrome (organized since 1984 by the Independent League of Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro, LIESA96), across the city's celebrations with bands and blocos street, dances, private events, the parade of the samba schools of Access Group (who aspire to ascend to the Panel) and the parade of champions and tests samba schools that you can visit all the año.92
Reservations are required well in advance, as the hotel occupancy usually exceed 95% at time of carnaval.97 is common for hotels raise prices these days, as in New Year

Rio de Janeiro is famous for its geographical and urban, to be built in an area not conducive to the establishment of a metropolis, it is a small area, bounded by the ocean and the mountains, which sometimes makes the width of the city is reduced to less than ten blocks.Maracana Stadium.The city has a lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas, in Lagoa neighborhood. These geographical and geological characteristics required additional effort of planners, which drew numerous tunnels and bridges to enable the traffic between different areas of the city. Highlights the work of the Brazilian urban planner and landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx, whose most famous work is probably the wavy design in black and white there on the roads of Atlantic Avenue, which has become the city logo. Burle Marx also participated in the design and construction of Aterro do Flamengo, where were reclaimed 1,200,000 square meters, in what would become a public park on the seafront, near Flamengo Beach, in the district of the same behalf.According to the IBGE, in 2005 the city had 6,094,183 inhabitants, but considering the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro, the rising population reached the 11,351,937 million people with a total area of ​​4,659 km ², making it the second largest metropolis population in Brazil and the fourth in Latin America. Beyond its tourist attractions, is also a major center of commerce, services and industry, and has two major ports for exports and imports: the Rio de Janeiro, located in Guanabara Bay, east of the city, Itaguaí and port in Sepetiba Bay, west of the metropolis. It is served by two airports: Santos Dumont (SDU IATA), which concentrates on domestic flights to and Mercosur, and Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (known as Galeão IATA code GIG), located on Governor's Island.

Clima

 

The climate is tropical Atlantic, with warm summers and mild winter. High temperatures can rise to over 35 degrees and occasionally exceed 40 degrees in inland areas of the city. In the main tourist areas the temperature is moderated by the cool breeze from the ocean. The hottest months are December and January. The maximum temperature recorded was 43.8 degrees in January 1984. The coldest months are June and July, usually average 18-27 ° C. The lowest temperature recorded was 4.8 degrees in July 1928. Rainfall is fairly divided between summer and winter, but is slightly higher during the first half of the year, when southerly winds dominate.

 

Janeiro River (pronounced IPA: [ʁi.u dʒi ʒanejɾu] in Brazilian Portuguese cult, founded as São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, "San Sebastian River of January") or popularly just called Rio is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, located in the southeast of Brazil. It was the capital of the Empire of Brazil since 1822, when the nation declared its independence from Portugal and retained that rank until the inauguration of Brasilia, in 1960. It is the second largest city in Brazil, 3 has the highest international tourist traffic of the country and is the first tourist destination in Latin America and the first Olympic city in South America.It is one of the main economic, financial and cultural resources of the country, and is internationally known for its landscapes and cultural icons such as the Sugarloaf, the statue of Christ the Redeemer (one of the seven wonders of the modern world), the Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, the Maracanã stadium, the Tijuca National Park (the largest urban forest in the world), the Quinta da Boa Vista, Paquetá Island, the New Year celebrations in Copacabana and the celebration of Carnival.Represents the second largest GDP in the country and 30th largest in the world, besides being home to two of the most important Brazilian companies, Petrobras and Vale do Rio Doce, now privatized, and major oil companies and telephony, as well as the largest conglomerate of media and communications companies in Latin America. [citation needed] It is the second largest center of research and development in Brazil, reaching 17% of national scientific production (as of 2005).Rio de Janeiro is considered a global city by the inventory Beta-2008, University of Loughborough (GaWC) 0.4It is known worldwide as the "Marvelous City" (Cidade Maravilhosa, in Portuguese). During the next few years will attract media attention around the world, to host major events such as the 2013 Confederations Cup, the World Youth Day 2013, the World Cup in 2014 or 2016 Olympic Games.

INTEGRANTES

ANGELIKA MEJICANOS  VILLALTA

CRISTIAN BLADIMIR GONZALES DIAZ

JOSE DANIEL ORELLANA SORTO

LUIS ENRRIQUES VILLALTA VANEGAS

RAUL ERNESTO AMAYA VEGA