It was a great Carnival for the tourism industry indeed. We have received almost 1 million tourists in the Wonderful City, how Rio de Janeiro is called. The exact number provided by the secretary of tourism was 977 thousands tourist. It has generated a income of US$ 782 million to Rio. There were also 10 cruise ship during the 4-day Carnival in Rio.

Blocos in Rio de Janeiro Carnival

You see above two of the several ‘blocos’ that we have in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. It is infact estimated that there are about 450 blocos in the city! Don´t know what ‘bloco’ is? Well, they start small, usually with a group of friends getting together to celebrate Carnival. Then more and more people join the group. The final result is a crowd of thousands of people in a parade the can last for a few hours!

See the amount of people on the streets of Rio de Janeiro:

Have you been to Rio de Janeiro during the Carnival period? Did you enjoy it? Have plans to come over to join the party? Would be great if you could leave your comments below!

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The official day for the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro (Carnaval in Portuguese) in Rio is on next Tuesday the 17th February, but the party starts today and finishes on Wednesday the 18th February.

A party for family and friends.

Family and friends get together to celebrate one of the biggest parties on earth! The parade is on tonight with several Sambas Schools. It lasts for 2 days and the top 5 will participate again on a special parade next Saturday. Yes, Carnival will be over but we still have this special event.

You see one of the Samba Schools, which have up to 3500 people each, during the parade:

This one shows one of the many ‘Blocos´ (Carnival made for friends) parading in Rio streets:

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