São Paulo – The Brazilian Ministry of Tourism has set a domestic tourism goal: on Thursday (26), incoming minister Vinicius Lummertz said, during the radio show “Por Dentro do Governo,” that he intends to mobilize an additional 40 million travelers, in a bid to reach 100 million domestic travelers in the country. The information was made public on the Federal Government website.
The minister also said he intends to increase foreign tourist arrivals. “We have deregulated charter flights. This means cutting down paperwork. Traditional visa requirements have also been eliminated, and e-visas have been put in place for the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia, and in the four months since there has been a 50% increase in arrivals,” he explained.
A new step towards red tape reduction would be the approval of a bill allowing an increase foreign ownership of airlines, currently limited to 20%. According to Lummertz, that would add flights in the country: “More competition, so that so-called low-cost carriers can make their way into Brazil,” he told the website.
Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
