How will the hosting of the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ impact on Brazils tourism industry?
It’s the biggest opportunity to increase tourism in our country. At present there are six million visitors in Brazil per year, so we expect to enhance these numbers and promote different areas in Brazil, like the coastal areas, the north eastern parts of the country, the Amazon, the picturesque swamps and most importantly business tourism.What are your impressions about South Africa’s readiness to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup™? We’ve only been here a few days but I feel South Africa will host an excellent FIFA World Cup. We’ve visited Johannesburg and Pretoria and Cape Town. We will definitely be here for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.What has the delegation learnt from the South African Local Organising Committee of the 2010 FIFA World Cup? There are many similarities between our countries. For example, the idea that we have to convince our people that we can indeed host a successful World Cup, the kind of infrastructure that has to be developed, public transport development and safety and
