The Brazilian Agency for the Promotion of International Tourism (Embratur) released the latest edition of its Dadosfera Externa bulletin on 29 April 2026. The data-driven report shows that airlines have already sold 3.74 million international seats to Brazil for the April-to-June period—2.1 % more than in the same quarter of 2025.
![Embratur projects 2.1 % rise in foreign arrivals to Brazil in Q2 2026]()
For travel planners who now need to secure the right documents quickly, VisaHQ’s Brazil portal (https://www.visahq.com/brazil/) offers a streamlined way to verify entry requirements, obtain visas and monitor passport services, letting business travellers take full advantage of the additional seat capacity without last-minute paperwork surprises.
Argentina remains the main source market with 325 000 issued tickets, followed by the United States, Chile, Portugal, Spain, Germany and Italy. Embratur’s president Bruno Reis said the agency expects overall inbound traffic to rise 9.5 % year-on-year by December, helped by a healthier regional economy, favourable exchange rates and the resumption of long-haul capacity to secondary gateways such as Recife and Salvador. He noted that wellness-focused travel, already growing 9 % annually across Latin America and the Caribbean, is an untapped niche Brazil intends to court aggressively at trade shows like IMEX and WTM. For corporate mobility managers the bulletin offers two practical take-aways. First, air connectivity is improving faster than hotel capacity in the main business centres—São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro occupancy rates are already above 70 %. Second, travellers from fast-growing markets such as Portugal (+47 %), Colombia (+47 %) and Spain (+37 %) are spending a daily average of US $414, which Embratur says justifies premium-class travel policies for client-facing personnel. Multinationals should therefore review their second-quarter travel budgets and pencil in higher air-fare benchmarks. Destination-service providers are also advised to expand Spanish-language guest-support teams and to brief staff on new biometric arrival kiosks being tested at Guarulhos and Galeão. If Embratur’s forecast proves accurate, Brazil may close 2026 with its best ever volume of foreign visitors outside a mega-event year—a welcome tail-wind for companies relocating staff or pitching projects in the country.
For travel planners who now need to secure the right documents quickly, VisaHQ’s Brazil portal (https://www.visahq.com/brazil/) offers a streamlined way to verify entry requirements, obtain visas and monitor passport services, letting business travellers take full advantage of the additional seat capacity without last-minute paperwork surprises.
Argentina remains the main source market with 325 000 issued tickets, followed by the United States, Chile, Portugal, Spain, Germany and Italy. Embratur’s president Bruno Reis said the agency expects overall inbound traffic to rise 9.5 % year-on-year by December, helped by a healthier regional economy, favourable exchange rates and the resumption of long-haul capacity to secondary gateways such as Recife and Salvador. He noted that wellness-focused travel, already growing 9 % annually across Latin America and the Caribbean, is an untapped niche Brazil intends to court aggressively at trade shows like IMEX and WTM. For corporate mobility managers the bulletin offers two practical take-aways. First, air connectivity is improving faster than hotel capacity in the main business centres—São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro occupancy rates are already above 70 %. Second, travellers from fast-growing markets such as Portugal (+47 %), Colombia (+47 %) and Spain (+37 %) are spending a daily average of US $414, which Embratur says justifies premium-class travel policies for client-facing personnel. Multinationals should therefore review their second-quarter travel budgets and pencil in higher air-fare benchmarks. Destination-service providers are also advised to expand Spanish-language guest-support teams and to brief staff on new biometric arrival kiosks being tested at Guarulhos and Galeão. If Embratur’s forecast proves accurate, Brazil may close 2026 with its best ever volume of foreign visitors outside a mega-event year—a welcome tail-wind for companies relocating staff or pitching projects in the country.
