Rio de Janeiro was announced as the best LGBT destination in the world Monday at the 10th International Conference on Gay and Lesbian Tourism. This is the third title given to the city this year. Rio has also been named the friendliest city in the world, by Forbes, and won the 2016 bid to host the Olympics. According to Rio’s Travel Bureau (Riotur) the city won the title after a two month survey where 100 thousand persons were interviewed. Rio’s adversaries included Barcelona, Buenos Aires, London, Montreal and Sydney. According to Trip Out Gay Travel, the site which promoted the survey, Farme de Amoedo was considered the gayest street in the city, with Copacabana and Ipanema beaches being the place to see and be seen by the LGBT segment. Rio’s mayor, Eduardo Paes, divulged a press release after the announcement, saying that it was a pleasure and an honor to be the mayor of a town which makes everyone welcomed. ‘The city respects and values differences among people,’ he said adding that ‘Rio is the happiest city in the world and now also the capital of diversity.’
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