Foreign tourists generated more than R$26 billion in Brazil, from January to August this year. The highest amount in the last 29 years in that period and about 10% higher than the first eight months of 2023. In August alone, visitors from other countries injected more than R$3 billion into Brazil. The data was released by the Central Bank.
In the first eight months of this year, Brazil received more than 4.45 million international tourists, an increase of 10.7% compared to the same period in 2023 and 1% higher than the number recorded in January to August 2019 (43.3 thousand more arrivals), before the covid-19 pandemic.
In August this year alone, 417,900 international tourists visited Brazilian cities, or 14.5% more than in the same month last year.
Tourism Minister Celso Sabino said the government wants to attract more international visitors by working on air connectivity and also the infrastructure of tourist destinations. The federal government’s goal, through the National Tourism Plan (PNT) 2024-2027, is to make Brazil the largest recipient of tourists in South America by 2027. The document sets a goal of reaching 8.1 million international visitors per year in Brazilian cities and generating US$8.1 billion in revenue in that period.
