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Five million people, including 850,000 tourists, participating in this year’s Carnival in Rio, which guarantees the creation of 250,000 jobs and leave the state more than 1,100 million reals ($ 640 million), according to local government . The event began several days ago with hundreds of “blocos” (street parades) that had invaded the streets in long hours of samba and beer.

Competence and Sambodromo:

The 13 best samba schools in Rio de Janeiro which compete for the coveted title of “Champion Carnival” marched from Sunday night for a special venue comprises a 700 meter avenue bordered by open stands and boxes for the area VIP, attended by celebrities such as singers Jennifer Lopez and Fergie. Completely renovated with new lifts and ramps for people with disabilities apart from having better lighting and acoustics received more than 70,000 people attended excited to one of the world’s most popular shows. On the last morning, seven major schools jumped to the “gateway” of the “Temple of Samba” in sumptuous floats, dancers in extravagant costumes, accompanied by the deafening noise of drums and led by the monumental “passistas”, the dancers gorgeous bodies and tiny bright costumes. No doubt this is one of the best world events where you can appreciate female beauty at its best.

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This year, the presentations cover topics such as slavery and poverty in the region of northeastern Brazil and also pays homage to writers, painters and musicians país.Cada presentation includes between 3,000 and 5,000 dancers, many from the favelas. The schools spend two to five million dollars to organize parades, suspected of being funded largely by the mafia underground games. Although more and more Brazilian and foreign companies investing in the Carnival, televised worldwide.

The numbers:

Only at the box office at the Sambadrome will be raised 60 million reais, about $ 35 million, 42% more than last year pasado.Unos 12,000 police were mobilized to maintain security in Rio de Janeiro, one of the most violent cities in Brazil and in 2014 will receive the final World Cup and will host the 2016 Olympic Games.

The secretary general of Tourism and Domestic Trade, Joan Mesquite, today presented the award for Best Tourist Destination of quality, awarded to the city of San Sebastian, the mayor of the same, Odon Eliza. The award recognizes the commitment of the city of San Sebastian with the Quality System in Tourism Destination (SICTED) for the competitiveness of enterprises.

The award recognizes the efforts of the municipality to promote this quality system, from the public-private coordination, from the training of entrepreneurs in terms of quality and collaboration of the Basque Government and Basque tourism agency Basque tour.

Quality is a constant in the Basque country and the fate of San Sebastian in particular, being the first municipality to join the SICTED. The city of San Sebastian has been, therefore, a benchmark for all other destinations Basques, who have joined the Quality System, sponsored by the General Secretariat of Tourism, in 2010.

Thus, the Basque Country now has 17 destinations renowned for their quality, which makes it the region with more destinations SICTED after the agreement signed in October 2009 in quality between the General Secretariat of Tourism and Commerce Interior and the Basque Government.

Valentine’s Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14 in short is about how each year. And like every year is find a better way to say express our feelings for that person who accompanies us in life.

While roses and chocolates are traditional gifts of Valentine’s Day, it is worth making an effort to make original gifts at this time as indicated. Resorts and weekend getaways to romantic hotels and Paradores Nacionales are excellent choices to surprise your partner.

The best gift we can give our partners and ourselves is time. Why not take advantage of Valentine’s excuse to make a weekend getaway?

Unlike scheduled vacation, in which flight times, to visit tourist attractions and travel are sources of stress, a weekend getaway provides all the pleasure away from the quiet routine of doing more to a nearby site and no schedules. The clock to stay home for a weekend.

In addition, the wide range of villas in Spain, together with appropriate date, in winter, makes finding a secluded cottage in an idyllic spot is easy. Nothing better than enjoying together in a bottle of champagne on the carpet listening to a crackling fire in the fireplace to stoke the old flames of passion.
Valentine’s Day Specials Romantic hotel for a break

If houses are not like dish, you can find a wide selection of romantic hotels for Valentine’s Day. From January to April and Easter is low season in Spain. The hotels have very low occupation, so take advantage of any excuse to attract new customers. So it is not difficult to find hotels offer attractive prices for the weekend of Valentine’s Day.