Wealthy Brazilians are visiting Portugal in record numbers

Brazilian tourists coming in record numbers
31/10/2009

Portugal is consolidating its position as the second preferred European destination for Brazilian tourists, a senior tourism official said Friday.

Paulo Machado, head of the European Tourism Commission in Latin America, told Lusa that Portugal had followed France as the prime destination for Brazilian holidaymakers in Europe since June 2007. In 2008, Portugal drew nearly 460,000 Brazilian tourists who stayed an average seven nights in the country and spent an average €192 per day, €34 more than the overall average, Machado said. Machado spoke to Lusa on the sidelines of Latin America's biggest tourism fair in Rio de Janeiro.

Source The Portugal news