Travel & Tourism contributed US$ 6.5 billion to the GDP in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, accounting for 4.9% of the city’s economy, representing 11.5% of the Travel & Tourism sector in Brazil. However, less than 6% of tourism spending in the city comes from the international market, revealed a new report from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
The total contribution of Travel & Tourism to Brazil’s GDP was US$ 152.2 billion, 8.5% of GDP in 2016. The total contribution of the sector to employment, including jobs indirectly supported by the industry, was 7.8% of total employment (7 million jobs). In the next ten years, there will be 9 million jobs in Brazil through tourism activity.
Latin America City Travel & Tourism Impact is one of the reports in a series by the WTTC that analyzes the contribution of Travel & Tourism to city economies and job creation. The study covers 65 cities, six of which are in Latin America.