Come rain or shine, from today until next Monday (25), must go through a total of Ceará 69 000 tourists (an increase of 15% compared to 58 000 visitors who came to the State in last year's Holy Week) .
The long weekend should make for a chain of Ceara tourism income of $ 191.5 million (up 19.1% from the $ 160.8 million for the same period of 2010).
For the state economy, the income generated by visitors - mostly coming from Sao Paulo and Brasilia - should reach U.S. $ 109.4 million (increase of 19.1% compared to £ 91.9 million on Easter of last year) . The outlook released on Tuesday afternoon has been prepared by the Research Department of the Secretariat of Tourism of the State of Ceará (Setur / EC).
"It is concrete fact. The reserves are all paid. Fortaleza alone is no longer the anchor of tourism in Ceará. With the roads being duplicated, the interior is going on. At least 30,000 tourists go to the seaside towns and Juazeiro. Both can have the sun as rain, I think it will be a good holiday, "said Secretary of Tourism, Bismarck Maia.
According to Setur, the hotel occupancy rate in Fortaleza, is expected to reach 94.5% (increase of 16.6% compared to the same holiday 2010). Finally, the mean for the hotels and lodges located on the shores of the Interior is 89.7%.
In all regions
On the coast, the destinations should be Praia das Fontes and Jericoacoara. The establishments in the first predicted to reach an occupancy rate of 94.9% and the second beach to reach an index of 94.5%. To the minister of Tourism, today, no more off-season in Ceara.
"Many years have made promotion only through Fortaleza. But, the state would only be a tourist destination cool if we have eyes to all its regions", said Bismarck. The hotel demand in Ceara is expected to reach 38,296 beds over the next five days (between 20 and 25 April).
Events Center
The secretary said yesterday that the works of the Events Center of Ceará (CEC) received a financial boost federal. "Let's take a very large accelerated from May. The Ministry of Tourism has released $ 30 million, which were features that were to be disconnected before. The money will go to the electrical, air conditioning and living area. These works ended up giving a delayed because of the delay in release of funds, "said Bismarck Maia.
In total, the equipment will cost $ 363 million and was funded with resources from the State Treasury, the Ministry of Tourism and BNDES. As he is currently undertaking the civil works are already 80% done.
In August, will take place on an experimental basis, the first event in SCC. Is Maquintex textile fair. Is the block east, which has an area of 27 000 m². "We want to open in December. It will be a Christmas present for Ceará," says the secretary.
Source: Diário do Nordeste
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