TheMoveChannel.com, the leading international property portal, announces a number of new Santa Catarina property developments in Brazil.

Romania is making its mark with all the right people and institutions. Standard & Poor, the financial evaluation agency, have recently upgraded Romania’s banking industry risk assessment profile, reflecting the healthy growth and profitability of the banking sector.

The World Tourism Organization recently conducted a study which projected that China would become the one of the largest markets for tourism within the next seven years. The total revenue from tourism in China last year was well over $150 billion.

France is the number one tourist destination of the world, according to current figures released by the French Tourism Ministry but there has a major drop in the number of foreign visitors to France decreasing from 11.9% to 9.1% from 1990 to 2008. New resorts springing up in the emerging markets of Dubai, Morocco and Croatia are largely to blame for France’s tourism decline.

Following a ratings upgrade from two financial agencies, institutional investors are now looking towards the Brazilian market to boost their profits.

UK investors are looking to buy property in India as the UK property market shows continuing signs of weakness.

Real estate in far-flung destinations has once again dominated TheMoveChannel.com’s monthly top 10 list of hot investment properties.