Argentines are abandoning traditional local holiday resorts in favor of the beaches of Brazil, recent data indicates. Recent figures from the Brazilian tourist authorities showed that 72% more Argentines (3.4 million) visited Brazil in 2025 than the previous year. In both years, Argentines were the largest group of tourists in Brazil. Tourist numbers in disputeIn November, Argentina received 3% fewer visitors while 15% more Argentines went abroad compared with the previous year, according to the latest figures from the INDEC statistical bureau. With the old method, the country would have a US$10 billion negative tourism balance, and with the new one, the negative balance is US$7 billion, the Tourism Secretary posted on X.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald January 13, 2026 01:14 UTC