Two Big Sporting Events Give Brazil Hope for a Better Future
Two of the world’s biggest sporting events will be held in Brazil within the next six years. The 2014 football World Cup is scheduled to be held in 12 Brazilian cities and two years later the Olympic Summer Games are to be held in Rio de Janeiro. The South American country hopes to profit economically from these two big events.
Government officials expect tourism to rise in the course of these events. They believe that hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world will visit Brazil stadiums during FIFA World Cup. It should be an exciting spectacle in a country where only football counts .
The government will invest billions of dollars in Brazil’s infrastructure . New roads and railway lines will be built and plans to expand Rio’s international airport are under way. Money will go into other social and economic projects as well. The government plans to provide electricity to all households , sanitation will also be improved .
Authorities are planning to spend money on observing the quality of Brazil’s wonderful beaches. Parks and other tourist destinations are to be restored for the big events. In addition most stadiums will be renewed including Rio’s legendary Maracana Stadium, once the biggest football stadium the world.
However in spite of the country’s wonderful scenery and landscapes problems remain in Rio de Janeiro. The city is one of the crime capitals of the world. Drug- related gang wars have been going on in many favelas of the city for some time. During the two big events more and more police will be patrolling the streets in order to give foreign tourists the feeling of safety . Brazil and Rio de Janeiro will take the same measures against crime that South Africa took during the 2010 World Cup.
The tournament in South Africa gave the country a major economic boost and the same is expected to happen in Brazil. The government plans to bring in foreign investors who have money and the technical know-how to stage such big events.
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