This report examines the tourism industry in Brazil...In Brazil, tourism activities are essentially carried out by the private sector. The leading companies in the sector are Accor Hotels...Varig...Localiza Rent-a-Car...Carlson Wagonlit Travel...Viagens CVC...Brazil is the negative environmental impact of in-country and international tourist transport, especially flying...Companies in the tourism industry have a responsibility to ensure that their business practice does not add to the deterioration of the working and living conditions in the tourism destination...Nearly a third of all child prostitution crimes take place in the northeast of Brazil, a region with many international tourist destinations...The ILO estimates that ten to fifteen percent of the people working in the tourism industry worldwide are children. [also refers to five hotel brands operated by The Accor Group: Sofitel, Novotel, Ibis, Mercure, and Formula 1. Choice Atlântica Hotels operates: Sleep Inn, Comfort, Quality, Clarion, and Radisson. Also refers to Blue Tree Hotels, Sol Meliá, Hotéis Transamérica, TAM Airlines, VASP, Rio Sul, GOL, Transbrasil, Air France, Lufthansa, Austrian Air]