Sharing the

The creation of a fourth circuit to the  Rio Vermelho has been discarded for 2009  The reason was to move closer to creating a greater variety of cultural options. The chairman of the Tourism Company of S / A (Emtursa), Misael Tavares, said "What the city needs is more cultural. We want the neighborhood has the characteristics of the circuit Batatinha, where there are several options of musical rhythm," he explains.

Selling tickets to the bleachers is a big part of financing the Carnaval for the groups and for 2009, the groups have been given a larger role in selling tickets to the spaces. For the Avenida Sete de Setembror there will be two new features: a competition of walls decoratation using recyclable materials such as plastics, styrofoam and fabric and the adoption of the alleys by the private sector.

There is high expectation that the global recession will not effect the Salvador Carnaval and that the growth in revenue from display advertising which reached U.S. $ 11 million in 2008 from only U.S. $ 2.4 million in 2005 will not only be met but continue its strong growth. There remains growing demand for the best located seats and allocating the public space transparently is an increasing challenge.

Emtursa is promoting the rescue of the older carnival art forms and wants more musical bands to play so look for some competitions.