Hi GW,

At last you have revealed what it is that you do for a living and why you are so passionate about this specific issue with brazil!!

I feel that you have valid points but yet agin beg to differ to a certain extent!

Yes there is hype also but natal will be a tourism, commercial and export hub all rolled into one!

TOURISM FIGURES IN GENERAL ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN ACROSS THE BOARD and not just in brazil!
This is due to interest rates, less disposable income, people investing in properties abroad instead and people being precautious over gordan brown taking over as prime minister- as they are unsure as to what will happen next i.e- rising interest rates, taxes etc!!


I AGREE ABOUT THE PRICING- BUT THIS IS AIMED AT THE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN MARKETS AND NOT THE LOCAL MARKETS-SO TO US IN COMPARISON IT IS CHEAP!!! But for the locals of brazil it is very expensive!!
It is the same in many countries and for properties abroad especially off plan developments!!

Lets take Bulgaria for example- three years ago nobody bearly even heard of it!!
Yet people have been flocking for the cheap properties in a far eastern european country that no-one knows anything about until they made it into the EU!!

Same again with prices, property,issues with flights and accessibility- but all that has changed significantly in such a short space of time!
This example is a small one of many out there!
Look at panama, argentina,thailand,turkey ,mexico ,eastern european blocks, even nicaragua, venezula and albania are turning up and starting to show their faces for investment long term- it never ends!!!!

SO BRAZIL IS NOT THE FIRST IN ITS LINE TO HAVE ISSUES AND OVER COME THESE HURDLES WITH TIME AND NOR WILL THEY BE THE LAST!!!

See ya D