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Brazil may drop visas for US, Australia, Japan visitors

By AFP
January 18, 2019

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil is considering dropping visas for visitors from the US, Australia, Canada and Japan to boost its tourism industry, media reported on Thursday. Tourism Minister Alvaro Antonio told reporters the measure could be adopted soon, with the aim of tripling annual revenues from foreign tourists to $18 billion, the newspaper O Globo reported.