Brazil is the largest country in Latin America. It occupies almost half (47.3%) of South America, and has a total area of 8,547,403.5sq km. Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world after Canada, the Russian Federation, China and the United States. Brazil is a single and continuous landmass, except for a small number of islands,. The Equator crosses through the Northern region, near Macapa, and the Tropic of Capricorn cuts through the South of the country, near São Paulo. 
Brazil’s east to west distance (4,319.4 km) is almost equivalent to the distance from north to south (4,394.7 km). The country borders French Guiana, Suriname, Guiana, Venezuela and Colombia, to the north; Uruguay and Argentina, to the south; and Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru, to the west. Ecuador and Chile are the only two countries on the South American continent that do not border Brazil. The Atlantic Ocean extends along the country’s entire eastern coast, providing 7,367 km of coastline.
The official language is Portuguese. However, the accent and the intonation are very different from what one hears in Portugal and other former Portuguese colonies. Some people say that Brazilians speak “Brazilian”, just like Americans can say they speak “American”, and not English. There are also many Brazilians who are descendants of immigrants and who speak German and Italian, especially in towns in southern Brazil.
The official language is Portuguese. However, the accent and the intonation are very different from what one hears in Portugal and other former Portuguese colonies. Some people say that Brazilians speak “Brazilian”, just like Americans can say they speak “American”, and not English. There are also many Brazilians who are descendants of immigrants and who speak German and Italian, especially in towns in southern Brazil.
It is said that Brazil is a country which greets visitors with a huge smile. The mixture of races has made Brazil a culturally rich and at the same time unique country. This migration began with the Indian, the African and the Portuguese, but soon after, immigrants from around the world began to arrive- the Europeans, Asians, Jews and Arabs. The result is a happy people, open to everything new, a people one can only find in Brazil.
Because of this massive diversity, Brazil is one of the last places on Earth where no one is a foreigner, where one can change one’s destiny without losing one’s identity and where each and every Brazilian has a little of the entire world in his or her blood. This may be the reason why Brazilian’s welcome people from another land so openly. According to surveys carried out with foreign tourists who visited the country, 97.2% intend to return soon; 56.5% had their expectations completely satisfied; and, for 31.7%, it exceeded their expectations in every way. Those who come to Brazil often become fans on their first visit.
People are encouraged to visit Brazil in person and feel for themselves the high spirits and enthusiasm of the Brazilian people. Brazil offers international tourists a great combination of ecotourism with leisure and recreation (mainly sun and beach), adventure travel, as well as historic and cultural tourism.
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