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Brasilia-based writer Diogo Alcantara notes that with an increase in international flight options, traveling for Brazilians has never been easier.

International trips for Brazilians for a long time were limited to traditional destinations, such as Buenos Aires, New York, Miami, London, and Paris. But Brazil’s growing economy and a stronger currency is changing the scenario, making it possible — and more common — to see people flying further and more often. Claudia Gonçalves, a friend of mine who covers the presidency for Record Television in Brazil, is going to Sri Lanka this year, and she has already been in Australia, South Africa, Egypt, and Israel, as well as Europe and the North America. Another friend has just been in Istanbul, other in Doha. It may seem strange, but for us, visiting this many different places would have been unbelievable just one decade ago.

You can see this demand in the increasing number of international airlines that are flying non-stop to Brazil. São Paulo–the main hub in Brazil–is now receiving daily flights from Dubai (by Emirates), Istanbul (by Turkish Airlines), Tel Aviv (by El Al), and more recently, from Doha (by Qatar Airways). Other cities, like Brasilia, are now starting to be a destination for international flights, too–TAP from Lisbon, LAN from Lima, Delta from Atlanta and in November, American from Miami. And if the Brazilian government’s predication is right, and we will become the fifth largest economy in the world in the next decade, we should see even more airlines make inroads here.
The Brazilian public is also asking–and getting–better travel
services. To fly abroad isn’t cheap at all, so people try to find the
best deals. One website that is getting more and more popular is Decolar.com, a Brazilian version of aggregator websites such as Expedia, Opodo,
and others. For Brazilians, it offers the prices in Brazilian real or in U.S.
dollars, and you can find the best rates for flights, hotels, and car
rentals. Decolar, however, doesn’t have its version in English – only
Portuguese and Spanish. And that’s a problem they should solve, since
it could be a good tool for foreigners who want to find a better rate on their trips to Latin America.

[Brazil Country Guide]

Diogo
Alcantara is a Brazilian journalist for SBT television, stationed in
Brasilia. He visited DC as a high school student on the Ambassadors of
Hope exchange that was founded by the National Geographic’s DC Alliance
of Geography Teachers and Partners of the Americas’ DC-Brasilia chapter.

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