Record heat in Rio de Janeiro
According to the National Institute of Meteorology of Brazil, the temperature in Rio de Janeiro last Sunday reached a record 38.4 degrees. According to departmental data, January 9 was the hottest day of the new year, even with the onset of night, the temperature did not fall below 20.7 degrees. Such unthinkable heat coincided in Rio with the period of children's holidays and summer holidays, the peak of the tourist season also fell at this time. According to rough estimates of tour operators, it can be judged that in 2011 the number of Russian tourists in Brazil will increase, this is, of course, due to the abolition of the visa regime between Russia and Brazil, as well as the fact that direct air links have opened between the two countries. On Tuesday, 303 Russian tourists arrived by direct flight from Moscow to Rio de Janeiro.