Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has met Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro as part of a visit to investigate developing a tourism masterplan for the northeast region of the country.
Bolsonaro met Ingels, described as "the most important architect of today", earlier this week as part of a trip with investors from Mexican company Nômade Group.
"The President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro, received this Tuesday (14) the Danish Bjarke Ingels ? considered the most important architect of today ? and an entourage of the Nômade Group, which plans to invest in sustainable tourism in Brazil," read a statement from Brazil's tourism ministry.
Meeting with the president "extremely productive"
Ingels, founder of Danish studio BIG, was in the country to investigate developing a sustainable-tourism masterplan in northeastern Brazil. "The last months have shown with jarring clarity that the social challenges of northeast Brazil are beginning to translate into ecological challenges," said the architect.
Last year saw the most intense fires in the Amazon rainforest for almost a decade.

O presidente @jairbolsonaro e @BjarkeIngels se reúnem, a convite do ministro @Marceloalvaroan, para tratar de projetos turísticos no país. Na reunião, trataram sobre atração de novos investimentos estrangeiros ao mercado de #viagens : https://t.co/Q7gPDwoxIl.
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? Ministério Turismo (@MTurismo) January 15, 2020

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