Overview

• Brazilians spent R$ 22.8 billion on domestic overnight trips in 2024, up 11.7% from 2023, while total trips held steady at 20.6 million.
• Private cars remained the top transport choice (about half of all trips) as airplanes surpassed buses for personal travel, with flying concentrated among higher‑income households.
• Leisure led personal travel, with sun‑and‑beach destinations at 44.6% of trips, while cultural and gastronomic tourism increased to 24.4%.
• Travelers most often stayed with friends or relatives (40.7%), and hotels, resorts or flats accounted for 18.8% of overnight stays.
• Spending patterns varied by place: trips to the Northeast had the highest average outlay per trip (R$ 2,523), Brasília residents spent the most per trip by origin, and Rio Grande do Norte ranked as the Northeast’s second least visited state.