Over 1 million tourists visited Foz Do Iguacu in 2007
Over one million tourists visited Foz Do Iguacu in 2007, experts have revealed.
A survey conducted by the Brazilian institute of tourism, Embratur, in partnership with the Brazilian institute for the environment, Ibama, has revealed that between January 2007 and December 2007 the national park was visited by 1,055,433 tourists.
The figure is up 100,000 compared with the same period during 2006, marking a 10.6 per cent increase.
Minister of tourism for Brazil, Marta Suplicy, said: "As the second destination most sought by foreign visitors, Foz do Iguaçu serves as a ‘thermometer’ to the sector, and that is why the data is so encouraging for both the domestic and international tourism."
Argentineans, Spaniards and north Americans were the most represented foreign tourists visiting the national park.
Over 203,000 Argentineans crossed the border to visit Foz Do Iguacu – an 18.7 per cent increase compared with 2006 – while a greater number of Paraguayan and French holidaymakers took a trip to the park than in previous years.
Foz Do Iguacu was named a Natural World Human Heritage in 1986 and is one of the largest forest reserves in South America.
It is located in the western area of the Parana state and has waterfalls that reach up to 236 feet in height and make a semi-circle 1.67 miles wide, housing between 150 and 300 falls in total.
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