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10.04.2024 - 17:37 / skift.com / Latin America / Dawit Habtemariam / Lula Da-Silva
Brazil postponed reinstating its visa requirements for tourists from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. until 2025, with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signing a decree that included that action on Tuesday.
“The decree… postpones the start of [visa] collection to April 10, 2025,” said the tourism board, Embratur.
In 2019, Brazil changed its rules, allowing citizens from the U.S., Canada, and Australia to travel to Brazil without visas — after years of requiring them.
The Brazilian government planned to reinstate the visa requirement last October. But it postponed the change until January and then until this month. It has now postponed the change until April 2025.
Embratur has been implementing an international dissemination strategy to inform the press, airlines, operator associations, and tourism agencies of the postponement.
The U.S. is Brazil’s second-largest international tourist market. Nearly 670,000 Americans visited Brazil in 2023, according to Embratur. In the first two months of 2024, North American arrivals in Brazil were 11% higher than in the same period of the previous year.
Starting April 10, 2025, Americans, Canadians, and Australians will have to apply for the visa. Its cost stands at $80.90. The visa’s validity length is as follows:
Tour operators have warned that the new rules would make Brazil less competitive.
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