INFORMATIONS

SANTA CATARINA - BRAZIL
The faces of the land
A land of a thousand ways. Ways of nature and human ways. Located in southern Brazil, between the states of Parana and Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina refusal settings. This small Brazilian state, with little more than 6 million people, meet in their single and 95.4 thousand kilometers ² such a diversity of scenery and people that dazzles its visitors. White sand beaches, tropical forests and snowy mountains. Azorean fishermen, farmers, Italian and German industrialists. A land of beautiful contrasts and definitive, and by that very fascinating.

In economics, these contrasts are repeated. A strong agriculture based on rural smallholdings, shares space with an active industrial park, the fourth largest in the country. Large industries and thousands of small businesses spread around the state, linked to consumer centers and export ports by an efficient road network. Roads also increase tourism, innate vocation of the small state, now third largest tourist destination country.

The balance and dynamism of the states economy are reflected in high rates of growth, literacy, employment and income per capita, well above the national average. Figures that surprise and complement the fascinating profile of one of the most productive and beautiful Brazilian states.

A promising future
Although it takes up little more than 1% of Brazil, Santa Catarina has a prominent role on the national scene, not only for their encouraging social and economic indices. Their cultural, ethnic and geographic, as well as a prime location in relation to the Mercosur countries, represent a huge potential for the assertion of the state as a major tourist destination in the country.

A seaside privileged sights already established as Florianópolis, Balneario Camboriu and Blumenau, beautiful mountains and a complete circuit of festivals conquer the visitor. These attractions make the state receives as little as 4 million tourists annually, a number is constantly growing.

In ecotourism, the fastest growing segment within the tourism world, flourish the best prospects for Santa Catarina. Its waterfalls, the Atlantic Forest largely preserved, crystal clear rivers and beautiful mountains attract a growing contingent of sports fans said natural, mountain trekking, mountain cycling to rafting. A trend that could transform the region in the newest global ecotourism pole, a fate that seems to have been especially drawn to this land with the name of the holy and blessed by nature.

Gov. source state of SC