The measure is expected to come into force on April 10, 2025
Tourists from Australia, Canada and the United States, who have a common passport, will still be able to enter through land borders, ports and airports without presenting a visa to Brazil. A decree published on Tuesday (9) in an extraordinary edition of the Official Journal of the Union, delays by one year – to 10 April 2025 – the provision which established the obligation of the document from 10 April.
The initial decision, expected in January this year, had already been postponed once by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) because the decision could have affected tourism in the high season, at the beginning of the year.
The Brazilian Agency for International Tourism Promotion (Embratur) published a note saying it is in contact with airlines, operator associations and tourism agencies from countries that have already been informed of the change.
Tourist flow
He also underlined “the importance of the government’s decision to maintain the growth of foreign tourist arrivals from these international markets, in particular from the United States, the second largest emitter in Brazil in 2023, with 668,478 tourists (11.31% of total)”. Also according to the institute, in the first two months of this year the arrival of North Americans in Brazil was 11% higher than in the same period of the previous year.
Reciprocity
In 2019, visas were no longer required for North American, Canadian, Australian and Japanese tourists to enter Brazil. At the time, none of the countries reciprocated the decision and Brazilians continued to have to present a visa when entering one of the four countries. Last year, Japan signed a mutual exemption agreement with Brazil, which took effect in September and is valid for travel of up to 90 days.
Source: Terra
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