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The Rio Grande do Norte is a major tourist destinations in Brazil

The State receives more than one million visitors per year, with the majority of Brazilian and European tourists who landed in Natal on 14 charter flights, attracted by the beautiful beaches of white sand dunes and clear water, heated by the sun for almost the entire year, and by paradisiacal landscapes and biodiversity

Rio Grande do Norte

Rio Grande do Norte "Large River of the North" is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the edge of the South American continent

The air is, according to NASA, the second-cleanest in the world after Antarctica.

According to NASA Its 410 km (254 mi) of sand, much sun, coconut palms and lagoons are responsible for the fame of beaches, such as the secluded white sandy shores of Praia de Cajueiro, Genibapu (to the north of the capital, Natal), with sand dunes reaching 50 m (164 ft) in height. The beach of Baía Formosa, the prettiest of the south coast, has falésias, stretches with reefs and very popular for surfing. To the south, the beach of Sagi, a little more rustic, has clear waters and small dunes. In Natal, beside beaches, there are other tourist attractions, such as the fortress of Reis Magos and the Parque das Dunas, the second largest urban park in the country The state is famed for its beaches

The climate

Two climates predominate: humid tropical, in the oriental littoral, and semi-arid, in the remaining (most part) of the State (including the North coast). The rainforest which once covered most of Brazil's coast had its northern end in the south of Rio Grande do Norte; the area north of Natal, the capital, is under dunes, a kind of formation associated with semi-arid climate. The semi-arid climate is characterized not only by the low level but also the irregularity of rainfall; some years can go by with no or very little rain; most of the interior of the State is part of the Polygon of Droughts (an area which receives special attention from the federal government).

History of the area

The first European to reach the region may have been the Spaniard Alonso de Ojeda in 1499. The northeastern tip of South America, Cape São Roque, 20 miles to the north of Natal, was first officially visited by European navigators in 1501, in the 1501–1502 Portuguese expedition led by Amerigo Vespucci, who named the spot after the saint of the day. The Vespucci expedition also named the Potengi (Tupi-Guarani for "River of Shrimps") river, whose considerably large mouth contrasted with the nearby bodies of water, "Rio Grande" (Portuguese for "Great River"), after which the Captaincy, Province, and State were named. For decades thereafter, no permanent European settlement was established in the area, inhabited by the Potiguar tribe. In the 16th century (between 1535 and 1598), it was explored by French pirates in search for brazilwood. In 1598, the Portuguese built the Forte dos Reis Magos and, in the following year, founded the city of Natal. Rasing cattle and sugarcane plantation lifted the local development and economy. In 1633, the area became a battleground between the expansionist Portuguese, seeking to take more land for their Brazilian territories, and the Dutch, who gained a foothold in South America.

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After a short period of peace and prosperity

in Olinda and Recife, the sugar prices went down in the market of Amsterdam and the region entered into a serious economic crisis. The economic problems led the Portuguese settlers and native Brazilians to revolt against the Dutch in what is known today as the massacres of Cunhaú and Uruaçu. The religious confrontations (the Portuguese-Brazilian Catholicism and the Dutch Calvinism), Portugal's restoration of the throne in 1640 and the reconquest of Maranhão in 1643, lead the Portuguese-Brazilians to undertake the 1645 uprising, led by André Vidal de Negreiros and João Fernandes Vieira. The governor of Bahia promised new Portuguese troops, but most of the rebels were Africans and Amerindians. In 1654, the Dutch were finally cast out. During World War II, Rio Grande do Norte was used as an Allied airbase from which to launch air raids on German-occupied North Africa. In 1964, Latin America's first space launch site was constructed in Rio Grande do Norte; Barreira do Inferno (Hell's Barrier), which was often referred to as the "Brazilian NASA". According to the IBGE of 2008, there were 3,092,000 people residing in the state. The population density was 51.98 inhabitants per square kilometre (134.6 /sq mi).

Urbanization

72.4% (2006); Population growth: 1.6% (1991–2000); Houses: 832,000 (2006).[2] The last PNAD (National Research for Sample of Domiciles) census revealed the following numbers: 1,808,820 Pardo (Brown) people (58.5%), 1,147,132 White people (37.1%), 120,588 Black people (3.9%), 12,368 Asian or Amerindian people (0.4%).[3]

Interesting facts

Vehicles: 468,289 (March/2007); Mobile phones: 1.6 million (April/2007); Telephones: 399 thousand (April/2007); Cities: 167 (2007).[4]

Economy

The service sector is the largest component of GDP at 50.2%, followed by the industrial sector at 44.2%. Agriculture represents 5.6% of GDP (2004). Rio Grande do Norte exports: fish and crustacean 30.5%, fruits 19.3%, woven of cotton 12.3%, petroleum 10.8%, cashew 8.5%, sugar 5.3%, chocolate 3.9%, sea salt 3.7% (2002). Share of the Brazilian economy: 0.9% (2004).[5] Historically, Rio Grande do Norte has relied upon sugar and cattle for its livelihood. However, since the 1980s, the state government has realised that tourism is a lucrative industry, and more money is being poured into the construction of tourist resorts, and restoring colonial buildings in major cities. Fruit is also grown in Rio Grande do Norte, with the state supplying 70% of Brazil's melons, and the state is famed for its mango and cashew fields. The world's largest cashew tree is located in the state; it has a circumference of 500 centimetres and occupies an area of 7,300 cm², making it 70 times the size of average cashew trees. Rio Grande do Norte is also one of three Brazilian states that together produce the world's entire supply of carnauba wax.

Facts about - Rio Grande do Norte

Estimated population: 3.003.087 of inhabitants Area: 52.796.795 km² Timezone: + 3 horas GMT Population of Capital (2006): 789.896 of inhabitants Gross Domestic Product (2004): R$ 15,9 billion GDP per capita (2004): R$ 5.369

Major economic activities

oil (oil , LNG, natural gas and LPG), sea salt, sugar cane (alcohol and sugar), fishing, cotonicultura (textile and apparel manufacturers), fruit (pulp, sweets and of cashew nut), carcinicultura (shrimp and lobster), livestock (meat, skin, milk and derivatives) and minerals (kaolin, crude gypsum, cement, lime, ceramics, marble, granite, precious stones, semi-precious and ornamental) and tourism.

The Rio Grande do Norte state is at Northeast brazilian region, at south america corner, the closest point to Europe and Africa. This privileged position gained increasing trade importance with EU countries. The Rio Grande do Norte takes advantage of that geographical position by investing in structuring actions such as modernizing the airport Augusto Severo, the expansion of the Port of Natal (the state capital), the expansion of railway network at Mossoró – Natal sentence, construction of the pipeline Assu -- Seridó and the construction of Sao Goncalo do Amarante international airport, which will be one of five airports city in the world (Aerotrópolis), with a passenger terminal and other loads able to centralize all goods coming from Europe and the resulting distribution for the whole country.

The federal highway BR 304 and BR 101 doubling (up to the state of Pernambuco), which will be linked to the expansion of railway network (Transnordestina), will provide the intermodal integration (ports / airports / roads / railways), benefiting the cargoes and passengers transportation of the region. Another unique advantage that Rio Grande do Norte has to offer to industries is natural gas, a source of energy available and clean, produced in the state. Through the Support Program for Industrial Development for the encouragement of Natural Gas - PROGÁS, the government offers incentives in price of natural gas for a period of 05 years, renewable every year, for an equal period.

To encourage the establishment of new businesses

The Government of the State has the PROADI (Support Program for Industrial Development of Rio Grande do Norte) will expand existing units or reactivate stalled industries, whose incentives may reach 75% of taxes value, by a period of 10 years and may be extended for an equal period. The state also has industrial areas with appropriate infrastructure for the industries that we wish to install, plus programs and training centers and training of human resources and incentives instruments for scientific and technological research. In job training, it is still, public universities (Federal University and State University), the various private universities and the Federal Technological Education Center.

Transport, energy and sanitation

The State has a loop road inside, with a length of 5,935 km, linking the various regions of roads through federal and state property. Of this total, approximately 71% are paved, according to data provided by DER / RN(State Department of Highways). Of the 167 municipalities in the state only one has no access through asphalt road.
With regard to maritime transport, the State has three ports located in the municipalities of Natal, Areia Branca and Guamaré, the latter to meet the needs of PETROBRAS who installed an industrial pole for the exploitation of oil and natural gas extracted in the region. The Areia Branca, called Port Island, is used for export of sea salt extracted from surrounding municipalities.
With regard to airlift the Rio Grande do Norte has two international airports are located in a municipality of Parnamirim at Great Natal region and, secondly, located in Mossoró. In 2000, landed at the airport Augusto Severo 447,310 passengers, representing an increase of 7.21% over the previous year and 66.67% compared with the year 1996. There are also several landing camps located in various regions of the municipalities, some of whom have reasonable infrastructure.

Electricity

All Rio Grande do Norte cities are covered by the system of electric power available from the Energy Company of Rio Grande do Norte-COSERN. The state power network is fed through 1,693 kilometers of transmission line and 25,359 km of distribution lines, with 48 substations scattered throughout the state. With the entry into operation of the plant Xingó and other small plants, especially thermoelectricity, the ability of energy generated will be expanded, causing a backlash reasonable distribution system in the northeast region under the responsibility of the Company hydroelectric Valley of San Francisco (CHESF).
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Clean air and tranquility

The Rio Grande do Norte state has just over 3 million of inhabitants, 2 million at urban area, which means 73,35% from your whole population. It appears that the state rural population, that even the 70´s was higher than urban, currently is equivalent to only 26.65% of the population. Meanwhile the urban population almost tripled at last 30 years, the rural was reduced from 812,9 to 740,1 thousand inhabitants at the same period of time. The historical series reveals a growing field-city migration that started at 1970, but at 1991-2000 period this phenomenon occurred slowly, probably as a result of the programs of rural settlement, which encourage and eOver 2 million tourists every year

At past four years, the number of visitors in Rio Grande do Norte has almost doubled

- came out of 1,423,886 in 2002 to 2,096,322 last year. Of these, 1,750,882 were Brazilians, almost 500 thousand to more than three years ago. Even foreign tourists increased by over 100%. In 2002, were 147,117 landings in the state last year and that number jumped to 345,440. The Government of the State thought the prime tourism as an economic activity, which is already the largest generator of employment and income and has 54 other activities assigned directly or indirectly.
The State has created conditions at the last three years for this growth by investing in deployment of infrastructure and training professionals from the sector, in addition to the disclosure of Rio Grande do Norte as a tourist destination elsewhere in Brazil and abroad. In 2002, for example, the state received only five international flights a week. Today, there are 23, which are arriving from Argentina (14), Portugal (10), Spain (3), Italy (3), Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, England, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Only last year, Rio Grande do Norte received more than 1,400 charter flights.

Tourism is the activity that generates more jobs at the state

about 120 thousand jobs today. The expectation of the government, however, is that more is generated 95 thousand vacancies in the next four years, through investments being made today.

Foreigners made big investments

What is also drawing the authorities attention is the growing interest of foreign investors by the Potiguar market. The recognition came from the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MTE) as pointing the state as champion in foreign investment - were applied U$ 24.6 million dollars, or R$ 56 million reais. The Rio de Janeiro, according to the Ministry, was second place with the capture of U$ 17 million dollars, about R$ 39 million reais. nable the permanence of man in the field.

Currently, 97 hotels and resorts are in the deployment phase in Rio Grande do Norte,

adding resources of about U$ 1.3 billion. Of the U$ 460 million are being implemented in 15,440 new beds to be created by these ventures. Some of these hotels are tourist complexes, including 20 golf courses where they will spend U$ 60 million. In addition, 800 million dollars will still be invested in the construction of 15,929 homes that serve as a second residence for foreigners.

Natural Beauties and Infrastructure

The Rio Grande do Norte is a major tourist destinations in Brazil. The State receives more than one million visitors per year, with the majority of Brazilian and European tourists who landed in Natal on 14 charter flights, attracted by the beautiful beaches of white sand dunes and clear water, heated by the sun for almost the entire year, and by paradisiacal landscapes and biodiversity
In 410 km of coastline, there are more than 140 beaches, including some from international fame as Ponta Negra, Pipa and Genipabu. All the State beach coast has conducive locations to the deployment of large enterprises in restaurants, buildings targeted for second residence, resorts, golf courses, etc. whose projects are planned and others in development by foreign Europeans in their great majority. The craft, the regional culinary and other cultural events also enchant the visitors that by leaving the state, are unanimous in saying they want to return to the state and will recommend it to their relatives and friends.
The increase in the number of visitors and the expansion of tourism demand more services, attractions and accommodations. Aiming at the market, Rio Grande do Norte is investing in eco-tourism, religious and adventure in the countryside state - which offers various landscapes and semi-arid, harsh, saws, architectural monuments and images of sacred Baroque style - but also in the tourism business, and educational events. A great opportunity for those who want to combine work with quality of life by investing in one of the most beautiful and promising poles tour of Brazil.