Copa should inject $ 1 bi in São Paulo

Tourism due to the FIFA World Cup ™ can inject $ 1 billion in the city of Sao Paulo, more than the $ 700 million expected initially. If implemented, the resource flow will be almost three times a month "normal," said the Secretary of tourism of the city, Wilson Poit. "We're impressed, it has far more people than we expected. At this rate, people will spend around r $ 1 billion with restaurant, lodging, celebration, culture, "said Poit. The Secretariat envisaged originally that the city would receive 390 thousand tourists, between Brazilians and foreigners. The number now is 450 thousand people.
During the first phase of the World Cup, which ended yesterday, the Brazilians Brazilians accounted for 92% of tourists in the city, but the foreigners spent more: effected, on average, $ 4,818 and were 8.2 nights in São Paulo, while the Brazilians spent $ 2,217 and slept 4.46 nights in town.
Many came to São Paulo just to join the party; only 38% of visitors went to Rick day, according to the Secretariat. One of the points of concentration of the audience in São Paulo's Vila Madalena, Bohemian on the West side of the city. The crowding in the streets of the neighborhood took the city by surprise, says Poit. "If we knew that the flow would be so big, we would have gotten before with some actions, like garbage collection 12:0 am a day."
Almost half (47%) of visitors came to the city and returned to their place of origin on the same day a third stayed in hotel and 17% in friends ' homes. In the case of the Belgians Dimitri Fischler and Jef Vanderboek, both of 24 years. The friends are following the selection of his country. In Sao Paulo, stayed at friends ' houses, but have slept in the car in Ouro Preto (MG), when followed to Belo Horizonte to watch the match against Algeria, and a Poorhouse in Rio, in the game against Russia. Yesterday, saw in the Day the third victory of the Belgium Cup, by 1 to 0 over South Korea.
The Uruguayans led among foreigners in Sao Paulo (1.7%), followed by Chileans (1.05 percent), English (0.74 percent), Colombians (0.43 percent), Americans (0.43%) and Dutch (0.39%) and Croats (0.27 percent). The city received the Uruguay matches versus England and Chile vs. the Netherlands, which helps explain the nationalities of the tourists. The capital also was the site of the opening match of the World Cup, Brazil vs. Croatia, which may have attracted the large flow of Brazilians during this period.
The flow of foreigners must change as teams qualify for the tournament. On Saturday begin the games of 1/8 eliminations, and Brazil will face Chile in Belo Horizonte, at 1:0 pm. The prediction is that the mass of Argentinian fans were in Porto Alegre to see Argentina versus Nigeria come to Sao Paulo to see the clash against Switzerland on Tuesday, 1st July at 1:0 pm in the Day.