Brazil has become the world's premier tourism destination after December's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami wrecked much of Southeast Asia's tourism, according to a leading Brazilian hotel executive. Tourists turned to Brazil in greater numbers after the tsunami heavily damaged Thailand's tourism business, according to a report in the newspaper Estado de So Paulo recently. A recent Brazilian Congressional report concluded that the country's tourism relies on the collaboration of travel agencies, tourist guides, hotels, bars, restaurants, porters and taxi drivers.