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Despite Brazil's infrastructure delays and the rising probability of protests, tourists will still travel to the games, sleep in hotels, and eat local food. Whether the more than $3 billion economic boost is worth the criticism and political strife is yet to be determined.

The campaign is less about getting people to come to Brazil for the World Cup and more about raising awareness of the destination and culture outside of this summer's games in an effort to attract tourists in the long term.

TAM says it is adding 750 flights for the World Cup, and an additional 1,000 temporary workers to accommodate all of those soccer fans. The airline has had two years to plan for the World Cup, and for many passengers TAM will be their all-important introduction to Brazil and the championship. Let the flights and games begin.

There will undoubtedly be complications in air travel due to the flood of traffic and questionable airport construction, but the games will serve as a test run to be improved upon before the 2018 Olympics.

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Skyscanner is all about flights, and it has global reach so the launch of its Soccer/Football Flight Finder tool for the 2014 FIFA World Cup travel is a no-brainer.

The demonstrations regarding the fare hikes are part of a larger movement in which Brazilians protest the government’s high spending that is committed solely to preparation for the World Cup.

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.

Koolhaas has been busy in the UAE recently, but the Doha project and its World Cup-imposed deadline will put Qatar on the front-burner.

It's hard to se why motel owners wouldn't go for the deal. They'll get discounts to upgrade, then can go back to business as usual (if they want) after the World Cup and the Olympics.