Tourism should grow 3% with a focus on national and corporate travel destination

Still far from recovering the fall registered in the years of economic crisis, the tourism industry activity rose 1.9% in 2018 compared to the previous year. For 2019, this market should grow 3% through the movement of corporate travel and heating demand for domestic destinations because of the exchange rate fluctuation. "At the beginning of 2018, our expectation was for growth of 5%. However, due to the combination of the truckers ' strike, which occurred in one of the main national holidays, and the uncertainty with the elections, just stepping on the brake. For this year, we have perspective of evolution between 2 and 3% ", argued the President of the Council of tourism of the Federation of trade in goods, services and tourism of the State of São Paulo (FecomercioSP), Mariana Aldrigui. According to the leader, the movement of the sector is linked especially resume the demand of business tourism, which is one of the first to indicate the companies ' optimism regarding the country's economy. "We should have fewer surprises in the internal economic scenario this year. Considering that is a year with few holidays, corporate events should uphold in part and growth of this market, "said Mariana, noting that the Carnival of 2019 already point to greater propensity to consumption of tourists. According to data compiled by the entity, there were 4% growth in boarding in Brazilian Airlines in 2017 and 2018 comparative. "What we realized is that airlines, hotels and bus companies showed high occupancy rates. In the case of hosting, in São Paulo, this index stood at 95%, "she added. In this sense, according to a survey conducted by the hotel operators of Brazil Forum (InFOHB) in January of 2019 compared with the same period of the previous year, there was a 4.4% increase in occupancy rate in hotel chains. Yet on industry growth indicators were recorded daily (6.3%) advances in and recipe of the apartments available (10.9%). The leading regions in terms of increase in occupation was Brasilia (20.2%). Already with regard to the daily averages, variations are places such as Belo Horizonte and Brasília (14%). In assessing the economic advisor of FecomercioSP William Dietze, the tourism sector should only present the level of growth in 2013 and 2014 in four years. "In the years of crisis, the accumulated loss was too great. We are still far from regaining the prejudice about the potential of evolution that the market had in those years. From now on, the important thing is that we are in a trend of improvement and recovery, "he explained. According to the Economist, the good performance of the Carnival in terms of movement of tourists was a reflection of the last quarter of 2018, which already rehearsing an economic stability in the post-election period. "The evolution of this market should follow essentially both the political and economic environment," he said. For Dietze one of the aspects that can assist in the process of resumption of Brazilian tourism market is the expansion of the air companies mesh, which can make the tickets cheaper. Asked about a possible negative influence of the absence of holidays in the year, the Economist says the annual calendar should not have large effects on the Leisure and business trips. "I believe that with the economy growing gradually, there will be no negative consequences on the movement in the hotels, since consumers are organizing best for tourist holidays independent spending" scores. According to him, the biggest challenge this year concerns the possible instability of the American currency. "With a certain predictability about the dollar, the consumer can be programmed without surprises for international travel," he says.