Editing Brazil (section)

=== Tourism ===
{{Main|Tourism in Brazil}}
[[File:Iguazu Cataratas2.jpg|thumb|[[Iguaçu National Park]] in [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]]]]
[[File:Lençóis Maranhenses 2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Lençóis Maranhenses National Park]] in [[Maranhão]]]]

Tourism in Brazil is a growing sector and key to the economies of several regions of the country. The country had 6.36&nbsp;million visitors in 2015, ranking in terms of the international tourist arrivals as the main destination in South America and second in [[Latin America]] after Mexico.<ref>{{Cite book |year=2016 |isbn=978-92-844-1814-5 |doi=10.18111/9789284418145 |title=UNWTO Tourism Highlights, 2016 Edition }}</ref> Revenues from international tourists reached {{USD|6}} billion in 2010, showing a recovery from the [[Late-2000s recession|2008–2009 economic crisis]].<ref name="UNWTO2011">{{Cite web |date=June 2011 |title=UNWTO Tourism Highlights – 2011 Edition |url=http://mkt.unwto.org/sites/all/files/docpdf/unwtohighlights11enhr_1.pdf  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105081502/http://mkt.unwto.org/sites/all/files/docpdf/unwtohighlights11enhr_1.pdf |archive-date=5 January 2012 |access-date=29 September 2011 |publisher=World Tourism Organization}}</ref> Historical records of 5.4&nbsp;million visitors and {{USD|6.8}} billion in receipts were reached in 2011.<ref name="MT1_2011">{{Cite web |year=2012 |title=Estatisticas e Indicadores: Receita Cambial |url=http://www.dadosefatos.turismo.gov.br/dadosefatos/home.html |access-date=13 February 2012 |publisher=Ministério do Turismo |language=pt |archive-date=24 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924012902/http://www.dadosefatos.turismo.gov.br/dadosefatos/home.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MT2_2011">{{Cite web |last=Ministério do Turismo |date=13 January 2012 |title=Turismo Brasileiro com novo recorde em 2011 |work=No Pátio &#124; tudo de bom acontece aqui. |url=http://www.nopatio.com.br/o-que-acontece/turismo-brasileiro-com-novo-recorde-em-2011/  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822074421/http://www.nopatio.com.br/o-que-acontece/turismo-brasileiro-com-novo-recorde-em-2011/ |archive-date=22 August 2013 |access-date=13 February 2012 |publisher=No Pátio |language=pt}}</ref> In the list of world tourist destinations, in 2018, Brazil was the 48th most visited country, with 6.6 million tourists (and revenues of 5.9 billion dollars).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/pdf/10.18111/9789284421152&nbsp; |year=2019 |isbn=978-92-844-2115-2 |doi=10.18111/9789284421152 |access-date=20 December 2021 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190830135934/https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/pdf/10.18111/9789284421152 |archive-date=30 August 2019 |s2cid=240665765 |title=International Tourism Highlights, 2019 Edition |publisher=World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) }}</ref>

Natural areas are its most popular tourism product, a combination of [[ecotourism]] with leisure and recreation, mainly sun and beach, and adventure travel, as well as cultural tourism. Among the most popular destinations are the [[Amazon Rainforest]], beaches and dunes in the [[Northeast Region, Brazil|Northeast Region]], the [[Pantanal]] in the [[Center-West Region, Brazil|Center-West Region]], beaches at [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]] and [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]], cultural tourism in [[Minas Gerais]] and business trips to [[São Paulo]].<ref name="Palhares2012">{{Cite book |last=Guilherme Lohmann Palhares |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O91SVF9nH8gC&pg=PA126 |title=Tourism in Brazil: Environment, Management and Segments |publisher=Routledge |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-415-67432-4 |page=126 |access-date=16 June 2015 |archive-date=29 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129183955/https://books.google.com/books?id=O91SVF9nH8gC&pg=PA126#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>

In terms of the 2015 [[Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report|Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index]] (TTCI), which is a measurement of the factors that make it attractive to develop business in the travel and tourism industry of individual countries, Brazil ranked in the 28th place at the world's level, third in the [[Americas]], after Canada and United States.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2015 |title=The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2015 |url=http://www3.weforum.org/docs/TT15/WEF_Global_Travel&Tourism_Report_2015.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www3.weforum.org/docs/TT15/WEF_Global_Travel&Tourism_Report_2015.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |publisher=World Economic Forum}}</ref><ref name="TTCI2013">{{Cite web |year=2013 |editor2-last=Thea Chiesa |title=Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013 |url=http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_TT_Competitiveness_Report_2013.pdf |access-date=14 April 2013 |publisher=[[World Economic Forum]], Geneva, Switzerland |editor1=Jennifer Blanke |archive-date=5 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105024651/http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_TT_Competitiveness_Report_2013.pdf |url-status=live }} ''See Table 4, pp. 18–19 and Country/Economy Profile: Brazil, pp. 116–17.''</ref> [[Domestic tourism]] is a key market segment for the tourism industry in Brazil. In 2005, 51 million Brazilian nationals made ten times more trips than foreign tourists and spent five times more money than their international counterparts.<ref name="FIPE007">{{cite web |author=Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas |year=2007 |title=Caracterização e Dimensionamento do Turismo Domêstico no Brasil 2002 e 2006 |url=http://200.189.169.141/site/arquivos/dados_fatos/demanda%20turistica/relatorio_executivo___turismo_domestico___2002_e_2006.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003062341/http://200.189.169.141/site/arquivos/dados_fatos/demanda%20turistica/relatorio_executivo___turismo_domestico___2002_e_2006.pdf |archive-date=3 October 2008 |access-date=21 June 2008 |publisher=Ministério do Turismo |language=pt}}</ref> The main destination states in 2023 were [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]], and [[Rio Grande do Sul]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veja ranking dos Estados brasileiros que atraem mais turistas estrangeiros |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/web-stories/economia/brasil-qual-estado-brasileiro-atrai-mais-turistas-estrangeiros-ranking-2024-quais-estados-embratur-sao-paulo-sp-rio-de-janeiro-rj-nprei/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br |archive-date=25 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625212216/https://www.estadao.com.br/web-stories/economia/brasil-qual-estado-brasileiro-atrai-mais-turistas-estrangeiros-ranking-2024-quais-estados-embratur-sao-paulo-sp-rio-de-janeiro-rj-nprei/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Redação |first=Da |date=2024-01-18 |title=Brasil recebe 5,9 milhões de estrangeiros em 2023 |url=https://www.panrotas.com.br/mercado/pesquisas-e-estatisticas/2024/01/brasil-recebe-59-milhoes-de-estrangeiros-em-2023_202520.html |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Portal PANROTAS |language=pt-br |archive-date=28 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628014430/https://www.panrotas.com.br/mercado/pesquisas-e-estatisticas/2024/01/brasil-recebe-59-milhoes-de-estrangeiros-em-2023_202520.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The main source of tourists for the entire country is São Paulo state.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cedeño |first=Karina |date=2024-06-12 |title=Turismo é grande negócio e São Paulo seguirá investindo nele, diz Lucena |url=https://www.panrotas.com.br/mercado/destinos/2024/06/turismo-e-grande-negocio-e-sao-paulo-seguira-investindo-nele-diz-lucena_206258.html |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Portal PANROTAS |language=pt-br |archive-date=28 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628014439/https://www.panrotas.com.br/mercado/destinos/2024/06/turismo-e-grande-negocio-e-sao-paulo-seguira-investindo-nele-diz-lucena_206258.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In terms of tourism revenues, the top earners by state were [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]] and [[Bahia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Movimentação do turismo bate recorde em vários estados e aquece economia |url=https://agenciagov.ebc.com.br/noticias/202404/movimentacao-do-turismo-cresce-e-bate-recorde-em-varios-estados |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Agência Gov |language=pt-br |archive-date=19 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619181329/https://agenciagov.ebc.com.br/noticias/202404/movimentacao-do-turismo-cresce-e-bate-recorde-em-varios-estados |url-status=live }}</ref> For 2005, the three main trip purposes were visiting friends and family (53.1%), sun and beach (40.8%), and cultural tourism (12.5%).<ref name="FIPE006">{{cite web |url=http://www.braziltour.com/site/arquivos/dados_fatos/demanda%20turistica/demanda_turismo_domestico_setembro_2006.pdf |author=Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas e EMBRATUR |year=2006 |title=Caracterização e Dimensionamento do Turismo Domêstico no Brasil 2002 e 2006: Metodologia e Desenvolvimento |publisher=Ministério do Turismo |access-date=22 June 2008 |language=pt  |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130164741/http://www.braziltour.com/site/arquivos/dados_fatos/demanda%20turistica/demanda_turismo_domestico_setembro_2006.pdf |archive-date=30 November 2006 }}</ref>