and the new express bus system but the expected tourist boom never materialized after the olympics the number of tourists coming to rio plummeted. by sound bassy hotel occupancy in rio now stands at only fourteen percent what they don t go tells a trying to adapt to this new reality by offering discounts rio is not only a beautiful city it also has a great deal of new infrastructure which was built for the olympic games so rio now has even more to offer tourists and at an even more favorable price. but the state of rio de janeiro is nearly bankrupt in two thousand and sixteen the iconic mada cannot stadium hosted the glamorous closing ceremony of the ill. vic games today it lies in ruins the pitch is covered in weeds thousands of seats