In line with Chilean tourism authorities, greater than 5 million international vacationers visited Chile in 2024. This determine represents a 40.4% enhance in comparison with 2023 and marks the very best variety of guests because the pandemic, confirming 2024 because the yr of tourism restoration in Chile.
Verónica Pardo, the Undersecretary of Tourism, acknowledged, “We’re more than happy to announce that 2024 marked the definitive restoration of tourism in Chile, with 5,239,233 international vacationers—a 40.4% enhance from 2023 and a 16.0% enhance from 2019. December was the perfect month of the yr, with over 647,000 arrivals, reflecting a 47.3% enhance. This has led to an upward adjustment in our projections for the summer time season. These figures showcase the collaborative efforts of each the private and non-private sectors to place Chile as a pretty, sustainable, and protected vacation spot worldwide.”
In December, 647,743 worldwide arrivals exceeded the sector’s expectations. Consequently, the projections for international vacationer arrivals for the 2025 excessive season have additionally been revised upwards—from an preliminary estimate of two,100,292 to 2,225,773 arrivals, representing a 22.5% enhance in comparison with the 2024 summer time season.
In 2024, Argentina topped the record for worldwide arrivals, sending 2,088,389 vacationers to Chile. This represents a rise of 73.2% in comparison with 2023 (1,205,662 arrivals) and a forty five.5% enhance in comparison with 2019. Notably, Brazil additionally made important strides, recording 787,036 vacationers, which marks a progress price of 62.0% in comparison with the earlier yr—its greatest efficiency traditionally between 2013 and 2024. Relating to market share, Argentina accounted for 39.9% of arrivals in Chile, adopted by Brazil at 15.0% and the USA at 4.8%.
Along with celebrating these constructive figures for international vacationer arrivals in 2024, projections for home tourism in Chile through the excessive season of 2025 point out that Chileans are anticipated to make between 25 and 30 million journeys with in a single day stays inside the nation.
