Hotel searches for Brazil spike up to 126 percent ahead of World Cup
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World Cup buzz is expected to attract tourists to smaller Brazilian cities, while search growth is more modest in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro where tourism has already taken off.
Booking inquiries for hotels have more than doubled in some Brazillian cities this year, as interest in the country gathers pace ahead of the World Cup.
Figures from the hotel comparison website Hotels.com suggested that searches for accommodation in Salvador have more than doubled in the first half of 2013, increasing by 126 per cent on the same period last year.
Searches for hotels in the northern city of Fortaleza have also risen sharply - by 10
