Brazil secures tourist link with South Korea
Government representatives from Brazil and South Korea have met in a bid to strengthen tourist relations between the two countries.
The Brazilian tourism minister, Marta Suplicy, travelled to Seoul where she spoke at a seminar for Korean travel agents, entrepreneurs and advertising agencies in the tourism sector.
"The meetings in South Korea revealed the large interest that South Koreans have in Brazil," she commented.
During her visit Ms Suplicy also met the South Korean minister for culture and tourism, Kim Jong-Min, who congratulated Brazil in recently joining the executive board of the World Tourism Organisation.
The Brazilian tourist institute, Embratur, says Brazil’s invitation to join the board was a result of the country’s "increased participation in the world [tourist] scene".
The news comes as Embratur has announced this week that Brazil has the potential to attract 925 Japanese tourists per year.
Brazil and Japan have declared 2008 the official Japanese-Brazilian exchange year, to commemorate 100 years of Japanese immigration into the Latin American country.
