Brasilia – Brazilian tourists spent a record US$ 25,342 billion in travels abroad 2013, according to information from the Central Bank, released this Friday (24). In 2012, international travels expenses registered at US$ 22.233 billion. Last December alone, these expenses reached US$ 2.217 billion, against US$ 1.989 billion in the same of the previous year.
Revenues from foreign tourists travelling to Brazil reached US$ 579 million in December and US$ 6.710 billion for the whole of 2013, against US$ 562 million and US$ 6.645 billion in the same periods in 2012, respectively. With these results, the international tourism balance closed at a US$ 18.632 billion deficit in 2013, against US$ 15.588 billion in 2012. In December, the negative result reached US$ 1.638 billion. The Central Bank’s forecast for the international tourism balance in 2013 was of US$ 18.6 billion. For 2013, the institutions expects a US$ 19 billion deficit.
*Translated by Silvia Lindsey
