Rio de Janeiro

• Carnival Street Parade cancelled in Rio

  Published on : Thursday, January 6, 2022

  

  Rio de Janeiro has canceled its world-famous Carnival street parades due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, the city’s mayor Eduardo Paes announced Tuesday during a YouTube live stream.

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• Brazil’s National Museum hit by massive fire, destroyed artifacts

  Published on : Monday, September 3, 2018

  

  Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro is engulfed under massive fire, destroying more than 20 million items that houses artefacts from Egypt, Greco-Roman art and Brazil’s ancient fossils.     However, there were no reported injuries and the …

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• Brazil offers e-visa to the tourists visiting from US

  Published on : Thursday, January 25, 2018

  

  South America’s hot spot Brazil is now making easier and cheaper for the Americans to apply for an e-visa as in recent years there was a decline of tourists visiting from United States.     Starting from Thursday, the tourists …

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• Hotel performance amped up during Rock in Rio 2017 shows STR

  Published on : Thursday, October 26, 2017

  

  Data from STR shows that hotels in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, recorded substantial performance levels during the September Rock in Rio music festival.       During the seven days of the festival (15-17 and 21-24 September), occupancy in the …

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