Manaus Agile Amazonas tourism and cultureAmazonas municipalities have moved from category 'D' to 'C.
O Ministry of Tourism updated the categorization of the municipalities that make up the Brazilian Tourism Map. This instrument is important to monitor the performance of the tourism economy in the municipalities and also serves as a benchmark for sector policies and for directing federal funds. According to the new categorization, five municipalities in Amazonas had economic growth by the sector - Careiro, Humaitá, Maués, Novo Airão and Tabatinga - either by having increased the number of jobs through tourism, expanded formal lodging establishments or the flow of domestic and international tourists.
"The improvement in the classification of destinations such as Tabatinga and Humaitá shows that our municipalities have been working increasingly harder to strengthen tourism activity. As far as the Ministry of Tourism is concerned, we are attentive to the sector's demands such as infrastructure improvement, legalization and service qualification", evaluated the Minister of Tourism, Marx Beltrão.
The five Amazonian municipalities went from category 'D' to 'C'. Amazonas also stands out among the Brazilian states for not having had any municipality with a reduction in its categories. It is important to emphasize that the categorization is a dynamic and perennial process that, just like the Brazilian Tourism Map, must be updated and improved periodically.
MTur support
According to MTur Ordinance 39/2017, only municipalities classified between 'A' and 'D' may request support for events that generate tourism flow. According to the new categorization, the cities of Careiro, Humaitá, Maués, Novo Airão, and Tabatinga can now count on up to R$ 400,000 per year to hold festivities.
All the municipalities - from 'A' to 'E' -, are able to request resources for infrastructure, such as the construction of roads and highways of tourist interest; river, lake or sea shores and terminals; renovation of intercity and interstate road terminals, airports, railroads and railroad stations of tourist interest; tourist signaling, among others.
