The Ministry of Tourism announced that foreign tourists contributed nearly R$4 billion (US$801 million) to Brazil’s economy in January. This figure marks the highest January influx in the last decade, showing a 13.9% increase over January 2019, the year before the pandemic. The data, released on Wednesday (March 6) by the Central Bank of Brazil […]
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