In the first 10 months of 2025, international tourism grew by 40% in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Most of those tourists were Europeans traveling to see the world’s largest tropical rain forest. But as reporter Gisele Regatão explains, increased tourism is a double-edged sword for people who live in the region.
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