Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival helped 52 sectors of the Brazilian economy

At least 52 sectors within the Brazilian economy benefited from Rio’s Carnival, the nation’s Ministry of Tourism reported. The celebrations generated great revenues thanks to tourism and prompted the creation of new jobs.

Earnings rose to $138.5 million after the city shelled out $7 million in parade preparations for the Special Group’s 14 samba schools.

Moreover, the Independent Samba School League (LIESA) amassed half of those revenues out of tickets sold for the so-called Sambadome for $6.5 million.

In addition, LIESA grabbed $2.4 million for television rights on parades plus fees out of the sale of CDs featuring the hottest samba tunes.

On the other hand, the Special Group of Sao Paolo’s samba schools hopes to rake in this time around a ballpark figure similar to the $7.1 million collected in 2002.

Some 120,000 people from the state of Sao Paolo went to the Sambadome to shake a leg there.

Eliana Dumet, chairwoman of the Municipal Tourism Enterprise in Salvador, said the increase could stem from larger flows of tourists, a figure her institution is reckoning in the neighborhood of 220,000 people.