Increase in air travel reported in Brazil

Wednesday, January 24th 2024 - 11:09 UTC

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South America's largest country is achieving record figures in its travel industry, Agencia Brasil reported. In 2023, Brazil saw 112.6 million passengers on domestic and international flights, marking a 15.3% increase from 2022's 97.6 million. “In the next three years, we aim to reach 140 million passengers,” Ports and Airports Minister Silvio Costa Filho said. Read full article

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Brasileiro
A few years ago, in a debate here at Mercopress, the commentator “ChrisR” stated that international tourism was important for Brazil. And I said it wasn't.

Brazil is not “sold” abroad. Our people don't speak English or Spanish and the country is very far from the issuing countries.

The tourism that is really very important in Brazil is domestic tourism. Currently 80 million Brazilians travel annually within their own country, making our country one of the most developed tourism industries in the world.

Regarding foreign tourists visiting Brazil, the number has been stagnant for many years: 5 million.
Jan 24th, 2024 - 12:42 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
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FortHay
But Brazil SHOULD be 'sold' abroad. The country boasts a host of attractive destinations, an excellent tourist infrastructure, and a friendly and welcoming populace. Aside from the traditional destinations such as Rio, Iguassu, Pantanal, Amazon and the beaches of the Northeast, there are plenty of little known gems, such as Ouro Preto, the National Parks or Fernando de Noronha. Foreign tourists bring money to spend. Of course, I have selfish reasons to 'sell' Brazil in North America, because it would improve travel competition and prices, but the real reason is for 'gringos' to get to know and appreciate the wonderful culture and people of the green and yellow giant. Are all tourists a good thing? Far from it, but lets be honest, the Paulistas are possibly less well behaved when they lodge in Northeastern hotels than Europeans; at least that is my experience.
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