Brazil is bringing back visa requirements for American travelers
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Loading... - Marcos Manuel
- 31 Mar 2023
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The Brazilian foreign ministry has announced it will resume entry visa requirements for visitors from the US, Japan, Australia, and Canada.
The move reverses a 2019 decision by then-president Jair Bolsonaro to suspend entry requirements for the four countries. That policy was meant to encourage tourism, targeting citizens from wealthy nations.
Tourism in Brazil, by the numbers
2.2 million: Jobs in Brazil’s tourism industry as of 2019, when it accounted for 2.6% of the country’s total employment.
50%: Drop in tourists visiting Brazil from 2019 to 2020, after the pandemic began. Only 2.1 million people visited in 2020.
2 million: Annual visitors to the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro before the pandemic. The 98-foot-tall statue is one of the country’s top attractions. Read More..
