As an addendum to the last post on Globo's telenovelas:
At the end of July, came out a report that Brazilians spent over two billion US dollars abroad, while foreigners spent less than 800 million Us dollars in Brazil:
http://www.valor.com.br/brasil/3626596/turista-brasileiro-gasta-us-2-bilhoes-no-exterior-em-junho
It seems that Brazilians just love to spend their money abroad. This is not surprising, given that the Brazilian media seems to incessantly promote foreign tourist destinations, be in telenovelas (see above) or in documentaries: only the other day I saw a documentary about the history of cycling in the Netherlands (documentaries about European countries usually only show positive aspects).
