Porto Alegre, 12/4/2002 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - A mission from the Interamerican Development Bank is in Brazil to observe the South Brazil Tourism Development Program (Programa de Desenvolvimento do Turismo do Sul do Brasil) (Prodetur-Sul) - Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul. They will also work out the details of financing for the program with the Banco do Brasil and the Ministry of Sports and Tourism.

The Prodetur-Sul budget totals US$335 million, of which US$200 million will come from the IDB, US$40 million from Brasilia, and the remaining US$95 million from the four participating states. (AB)