Salvador da Bahia

Nearly three million people live in the northern city of Salvador da Bahia, which is Brazil’s third largest city. The attractive city is typically Brazilian and has a direct access to the beach. This makes Salvador da Bahia an internationally popular and well-known travel destination for many tourists from all over the world. In fact, tourism is an essential economic factor for the city and the entire state of Bahia. Given the existing superior infrastructure, the high number of workers, and high quality of life, Salvador is a central business location, where large and important international companies such as Ford, Nokia, BASF and Petrobras are based. The dominant service sector in Salvador grows increasingly, which is refl ected by the high number of call centres, IT and software companies, and electronics and telecommunications companies moving to the city.