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Tourism is Brazil's fourth biggest earner, generating €8.5bn and sustaining 1.1m jobs. Last year, Rio de Janeiro received more than two million international and five million domestic visitors, an increase of 120 per cent since 2000. On the eve of this year's Pan American Games in Rio, hotshot hotelier Rogério Fasano is opening a second property in Brazil's carnivale capital.
Photographer: Nelson Kon Writer: Saul Taylor
Rio de Janeiro
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