Brazil leads the preference of Argentines to travel abroad this summer. The devaluation of real It made prices in the neighboring country more convenient for tourists.
The main travel sales platforms already show a boom in airline and hotel sales. Now, the big question for those traveling this summer is how to pay for hotel expenses, consumption, meals, excursions, etc.
If you want to handle cash, definitely bring pesos to exchange them for real It is the least convenient. In that case, it is preferable to carry dollar bills and exchange them for real in Brazilian exchange houses.
Regarding the use of the debit card, the disadvantage is that what is debited is the tourist dollar, therefore it is more expensive. And the credit card is convenient if the card statement is paid in dollars.
Applications, the big bet to pay in Brazil this summer
Paying with PIX is a growing alternative. It is an instant payment system developed by the Central Bank of Brazil. To use it, you have to download an application, either from a Brazilian bank or a fintech (such as Belo or Fiwind). Then, the bank account must be linked and a key created. To make a purchase, you scan a QR code of the merchant to pay.
The Belo app is a good alternative that allows you to enter Argentine pesos or crypto dollars and pay with reals anywhere in Brazil. What it does is an instant payment where funds are transferred between accounts. This can be done through a checking account, savings account, or prepaid account.
Meanwhile, Prex is a bimonetary wallet that this week added payments with PIX in Brazil and that many are already using.
For its part, there is also Fiwind, a platform that integrated Pix and allows Argentines to make purchases in the neighboring country without paying additional taxes.
These payment methods are accepted by large hotel and restaurant chains to small merchants and street vendors on the beach.
Most chosen destinations in Brazil
According to Booking, the destinations most chosen by Argentines to spend the holidays in Brazil are. Florianópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Bombinhas and Buzios. The prices are more convenient than in several areas of the Argentine coast, so the boom in tourists is already evident.
“In the current economic situation, Argentina has prices for services and gastronomy similar to those in Europe, which makes it cheaper to simply leave the country on vacation,” said Josian Chevallier, VP of Sales and co-founder of Viajala. “An Argentine traveler who saved a thousand dollars to travel at the end of the year knows that his thousand dollars go much further in Rio de Janeiro than in Mar del Plata, for example,” he highlighted.
Another factor that favors trips abroad in 2025 is the end of the Country Tax, which for five years increased the price of international air tickets by 30% when paid in Argentine pesos. This will stop applying to credit card purchases on December 24.
Rio de Janeiro was identified as the trend destination of 2025, according to data from Viajala, with a price increase of 155% from one year to the next, that is, below the average increase in the price of international flights. The round-trip price to fly to Rio rose from $187,500 to $478,423.
Source: Ambito
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