Rio de Janeiro, Nov 7 (EFE) .- Brazil expects an increase in the number of Paraguayan tourists visiting the country with the new flights that the Paraguayan company Amaszonas started operating this year. month between Asunción and three different Brazilian cities, reported today the state tourism development company Embratur.

The airline, a subsidiary in Paraguay of the Bolivian Group In November, Amaszonas began offering flights between Asunción and the Brazilian cities of Campo Grande, Curitiba and Porto Alegre, in addition to the 25 weekly flights already carried out to Sao Paulo, the largest city in Brazil.

"The new flights bring Brazil and Paraguay closer from this month and Embratur will take advantage of the launch of the new routes to strengthen the actions of tourism promotion in the neighboring country, "according to a statement from the state agency attached to the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism.

Embratur, among other initiatives, will carry 15 exhibitors Brazilians to the Fitpar tourism fair to be held in Paraguay between October 13 and 15, and will organize the "Discover Brazil" seminar, scheduled for October 12 in Asunción and that tourist destinations will be promoted in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and Alagoas.

According to the president of Embratur, Vinicius Lummertz, the new flights will offer the tourist Paraguayan more suitable schedules and less connection time in their trips to Brazil.

"With these favorable conditions we hope to attract more tourists from a third country among those who visit Brazil most, "said Lummertz quoted in the statement.

According to Embratur statistics, the number of Paraguayan tourists received by Brazil jumped by 5% on last year, from 301,000 in 2015 to 316,000 in 2016.

"With the new routes the number tends to rise", according to Embratur.

Amaszonas Paraguay, which will attend the three new flights Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft, with capacity for 50 passengers, also intends to offer non-periodic flights between Asunción and the Brazilian resort of Florianópolis during the austral summer which begins next December.

The airline will also offer, from January 2018, a daily flight between Asunción and Campinas, an important city in the interior of the state of Sao Paulo.

Brazilian travelers, meanwhile, may use the Paraguayan airline to make flights, with a stopover at the Asunción hub, to Buenos Aires and Salta (Argentina), Montevideo (Uruguay), Iquique (Chile) and Santa Cruz de La Sierra (Bolivia).

The Amaszonas subsidiary in Uruguay already offers flights between Montevideo and the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre.