RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The number of foreigners with tourist visas entering Brazil from January to April this year was 962,000 people, 60% higher than the 596,700 entries recorded for all of 2021. The information is from the International Traffic System (STI) from the Federal Police and was released this Monday, May 30, by the Brazilian Agency for International Tourism Promotion (Embratur).
The difference reaches 685% in comparing the first four months of this year with the same period in 2021, when 122,600 foreigners entered the country, amidst restrictions on tourism still in force in Brazil and the world due to the covid-19 pandemic.
The data corroborate other data released by Embratur this month, which show an accelerated recovery of the Brazilian tourism sector. The International Air Network, for example, registered 2,983 flights in April, an increase of 191.21% compared to the same month in 2021.
The most considerable increase corresponds to stretches involving Europe. In April this year, there were 921 flights, compared to 219 in April last year. The number of seats, in this case, jumped from 71,704 to 280,410.
Despite the reheating, the Brazilian airline network still operates at about 51% of its capacity recorded before the pandemic in 2019.
A study produced by British consultancy Global Data and released last week by Embratur indicates that international travel in Brazil and Latin America should return to pre-pandemic levels by 2024.
With information from Agência Brasil