Brazilian tourism reaches 8 percent of GDP and aspires to grow, says minister
29-09-23
Brazilian tourism already represents 8 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and has the potential to match that of nations such as Portugal and Spain, where the sector represents 18 and 14 percent of GDP respectively, the Minister of Ports and Airports, Silvio Costa Filho, said today.
At the opening of the 50th edition of the Abav Expo, held in Rio de Janeiro, a fair promoted by the Brazilian Association of Travel Agencies (national Abav) and which is considered the largest event in the Brazilian tourism market and one of the main ones in Latin America, Filho said that for every four tourists arriving in Brazil, the tourism industry generates one job.
For his part, the president of the Brazilian Agency for the Promotion of International Tourism (Embratur), Marcelo Freixo, stressed the importance of tourism for the Brazilian economy and highlighted the recovery of the sector after the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.