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Viral Drone Video Fuels Debate About Rio Favela Tourism
Na Favela Turismo's managed tours with trained locals attracted 41,000 visitors in February, boosting income while sparking debate over favela portrayal and poverty glamorization.
- Na Favela Turismo recorded a surge of visitors to Rocinha and Vidigal in February, with 41,000 visits amid a record 290,000 international arrivals in January, Embratur reported.
- Renan Monteiro, founder of Na Favela Turismo, said he created guided tours to safely show the favela and try to change prejudice against it by navigating narrow alleys with stops at local artists and capoeira shows.
- The company trained 300 local guides and ten drone pilots, creating jobs, while owners of 26 rooftops and terraces in Rocinha and Vidigal earn money from tourist visits.
- A 2017 shooting that killed a female Spanish tourist halted favela tourism, highlighting safety risks, while critics and online commenters accused visitors of glamorizing poverty and crime dominated by drug traffickers.
- The Porta do Ceu drone selfie costs at least 150 reais and can have waits up to two hours, as she said, 'These videos I make always get a lot of views, and so I wanted to make one here in Rocinha because it's going viral all over the world'.
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