Balance sheet was released at an event this Monday, the 1st (Photo: Photo: Ricardo Trida/Secom)
Santa Catarina received 2.9 million tourists between December 2023 and March 2024. The number exceeded estimates, which predicted around 2.8 million visitors. The data is in the balance sheet of Operation Estação Verão, presented this Monday, the 1st, with the presence of governor Jorginho Mello and also provided information on areas such as health, public safety and the economy during the season.
Balneário Camboriú, on the coast of Santa Catarina, held the biggest New Year’s Eve party in the city’s history and welcomed more than 1 million people. Florianópolis also offered two stages with shows for 400 thousand spectators. In addition to them, Bombinhas brought together 500 thousand visitors and São Francisco do Sul brought together 250 thousand, including residents and tourists. Laguna (150 thousand people) and Blumenau (62 thousand people) also held major events celebrating the arrival of 2024.
Airports, cruises and highways
Throughout the summer period, the movement at the state’s airports was intense. Between December 1, 2023 and February 29 of this year, the Florianópolis terminal received more than 1.2 million passengers on more than 8,600 domestic and international flights. A projection for Joinville and Navegantes airports shows a flow of 464 thousand passengers in the same period.
Carnival was a highlight in itself, as between February 9th and 14th, more than 38 thousand people arrived in the capital of Santa Catarina.
On the highways, the stretch between Passos de Torres and Paulo Lopes recorded the passage of 5 million vehicles in January alone.
Maritime cruises also boosted the state’s economy by bringing 12 ships to the ports of Balneário Camboriú, Itajaí and Porto Belo with considerable increases in the number of beds and stops available. In total, according to the balance, 370 thousand people were on board, an increase of almost 62% compared to the previous season.
The impacts for cities are very positive. The average economic gain generated by each visitor arriving by ship in the stopover cities (BC and Porto Belo) is R$639.37 and R$813.56 in the embarkation and disembarkation cities (Itajaí).
Festivities
Some regional festivals, such as the Apple Harvest, in Fraiburgo, in the Midwest, have already received more than 20 thousand people during the season and 30 thousand tourists are expected.
