2024-01-19 16:22:00
Last year, Brazil received a total of 5,908,341 visitors from abroad, 62.7% more than in 2022 and slightly lower than the number in 2019, before the pandemic, when 6.3 million foreign tourists visited the country, according to data from Embratur, the Ministry of Tourism and the Federal Police.
The result also exceeded the projections of the World Tourism Organization for the country by 3%. According to the data, Argentina topped the list of countries that sent the most tourists to Brazil, with 1.9 million visitors, or 32% of the total. The United States, with 668,500, Chile, with 458,500, Paraguay, with 424,500, and Uruguay, with 334,700, complete the list of the five main sources of tourists.
São Paulo was the state that registered the most tourist arrivals, with 2,107,179. Rio de Janeiro had 1,192,814, while Rio Grande do Sul received 1,000,909. The main access route was by air, with 3,794,260 entries, followed by land, with 1,923,243.
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