Cruise season injects BRL 3.6 bi into Brazilian economy
Brazil’s 2022–2023 cruise season is entering its final stretch and earning its place as the best in ten years, with an estimated 650 thousand to 700 thousand passengers on board—over four times the previous season, which had fewer ships and a shorter sailing period.As per the country’s cruise association Clia Brasil, the current season, which ends in April, generated about 48 thousand jobs, bringing an economic impact of some BRL 3.6 billion, up 240 percent from 2021–2022. The amount entails expenses incurred by cruising companies, cruisers, and crew members.Nine cabotage vessels departed from five different Brazilian ports, calling at 17 destinations including Buenos Aires, in Argentina, and Montevideo and Punta del Este, in Uruguay. They returned to the routes after a period of restr...