Brazil welcomed 9.3 million international tourists last year, a 37 per cent increase over the previous year’s 6.7 million. An unprecedented figure, it places the country at the forefront of global tourism growth, according to UN Tourism.
Europeans have become one of the main drivers of this boom. In total, travellers from France, Portugal, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain accounted for 1.8 million visitors, 20 per cent more than the previous year.
