Rio, January 12, 2004 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - Passengers arriving tomorrow (13) on the four flights from the United States scheduled to land at the Antônio Carlos Jobim International Airport, in this capital, will receive gifts. TurisRio hostesses will present the tourists a t-shirt with the saying "Rio loves you," a rose, and gifts from the H. Stern jewelry firm and Varig.

The initiatives stems from a partnership between the State Secretariat of Tourism, Riotur, and hotel and travel agents associations, to compensate American tourists for the inconveniences caused by the judicial mandate to identify them. (DAS)