The amount is up 84 percent from the same period last year. The data are said to show a strong rebound in the sector, which was deeply impacted by the pandemic.
The museum, located in the city of São Paulo, has been closed for restoration since 2013. Its reopening is part of the celebrations of the Bicentennial of the Independence of Brazil.
Brazil plans to attract investment from the Arabs. As it stands today, Qatar’s sovereign fund controls over $300 billion in assets, with a global and diversified portfolio, but with scarce presence of Brazil.
In Dubai, the minister said he intends to expand the number of international tourists traveling to Brazil and increase foreign investment in tourism infrastructure in the country. He believes that many will want to get closer to nature after the pandemic, which could represent a major asset for Brazil.
Brazil’s Extraordinary Government Transition Minister Onyx Lorenzoni announced Federal Deputy Marcelo Álvaro Antônio, of the Social Liberal Party (PSL) as the future minister of Tourism under Jair Bolsonaro’s administration.