the federação de convention & visitors bureaux (convention federation and visitors bureaus) works to stimulate tourism and support social and economic development in key tourist destinations across the state of rio de janeiro.

there are ten associate regions, including one in macaé, which receives a high level of business tourism as a result of its offshore oil industry, replete with areas of great natural beauty, including beaches, national parks, islands, coastal lagoons, mountains, waterfalls and wildlife sanctuaries.