ABSTRACT
Brazil has significant challenges in tourism transport that are derived not only from the sheer size of the country, but also the regimes of investment and distribution of government roles and responsibilities for transport. In exploring these issues, this chapter has two main aims. First, it provides comprehensive insights into Brazil’s transport governance and infrastructure and examines specific issues relating to different modes of passenger transport. Second, the chapter presents a case study on river tourism in the Amazon and the challenges of enhancing local, regional and interstate transport in this remote region. Although the findings of this case study are specific to river tourism, a mode of transport rarely considered in the academic literature (Prideaux and Cooper 2009), the discussion of Belém in many ways resembles the challenges faced at the national level, although the remoteness of the region magnifies these issues. In order to better understand tourism transport issues associated with river tourism in the Amazon, this section also provides a description of tourism in Belém, Marajó Island, Santarém and Manaus.
