Brazil’s international tourism receipts reached US$8.3 billion between January and September 2026, the highest for the period, according to Central Bank data cited by the tourism agency Embratur. That figure is 9.1 percent above the US$7.6 billion recorded in the same months of 2025. In September alone, receipts reached US$904.7 million, against US$835 million a year earlier, a rise of 8.33 percent.
Foreign arrivals in Brazil exceeded 7 million persons over the nine months. Air transport accounted for 4.9 million of those arrivals, up 9.7 percent on 2025.
Growth spread across source markets
Of the 23 strategic source markets analysed under the Plano Brasis, 20 showed growth in arrivals over the January-September period. Chinese arrivals rose 78 percent year to date and 106 percent in September alone, when 22,496 Chinese visitors arrived.
Arrivals from Colombia grew 25.5 percent, from Mexico 22.8 percent, from Peru 16.6 percent and from Canada 13.5 percent.
Regional picture
International arrivals in the Northeast rose 27.1 percent, while the Southeast recorded growth of 7.7 percent. Eleven federative units reached record international arrivals so far this year.
Bruno Reis, president of Embratur, said the growth in average tourist spending came from diversifying the markets attracted through the Plano Brasis, the agency’s international marketing plan. He said the actions were directly affecting the income of tourism workers.
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Source: Embratur
