The 2024/2025 Cruise Season in Brazil has an attraction for those who want to travel on ships that look more like a “floating city”, due to the multitude of attractions and services on board. Companies operating on the Brazilian coast launched early promotions for Black Fridaywhich this year will be held in November 29thto attract those who want to enjoy their summer holidays on this type of tour.
Altogether they are eight vessels doing travel until April 2025five from MSC Cruises and three from Costa Cruises. Look:
- MSC Grandiosa
- MSC Harmony
- MSC Orchestra
- MSC Seaview
- MSC Splendid
- Costa Diadema
- Fabulous Coast
- Pacific Coast
A MSC Cruises prepared your Black Friday with travel offers that can be purchased with discounts until December 1, 2024. The promotions are 20% for departures in Brazil and 40% for international departures in South America, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, the Canary Islands, North America and in the “Grand Voyages” modality — type of longer trip.
It is possible, for example, to purchase a 19-day trip, in April 2025, departing from Santos towards Europe with a 14% discount, falling from R$8,927 to R$7,657 per person. The itinerary includes stops in Rio de Janeiro, Búzios (RJ), Salvador (BA), Maceió (AL), Canary Islands, Tangier (Morocco), Málaga (Spain), Valencia (Spain), Marseille (France) and Genoa (Italy ). The package does not include the air part of the flight back to Brazil.
A shorter seven-day trip from Santos to Buenos Aires (round trip), in February 2025, leaves from R$ 6.565 to R$ 5.425 per person — 17% discount.
A Costa Cruises it also has travel offers across South America with more than 40% off. A five-day trip departing from Santos in November, fell from R$4,563 to R$2,449.20 per person on the Costa Pacifica — reduction of 46%, on a route that passes through Angra dos Reis (RJ) and Búzios (RJ), including port and service fees, breakfast, lunches, dinners and snacks.
It is important, before finalizing your trip, to pay attention to what is included in the promotion. In the case of MSC, for example, the discount does not allow passengers to choose the time of the dinner shift. The traveler will only know the location of the cabin at the time of boarding, without the right to a replacement. The alcoholic drinks package is also not part of the promotional package.
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Growing sector
The cruise sector has been showing growth, with signs of recovery, after the Covid-19 pandemic. During the health emergency, the The 2020/2021 season was canceled and caused an estimated loss of R$2.6 billionaccording to CLIA Brasil, the entity that represents the sector.
In the 2023/2024 season, the impact generated by passenger and crew expenses in cities and ports of embarkation/disembarkation and transit was R$ 2.4 billion, increase of 15.7% compared to 2022/2023.
According to the Profile and Economic Impact Study of Maritime Cruises in Brazil – Season 2023/2024, produced by CLIA Brasil in partnership with Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), last season there were nine ships operating in 17 destinations in Brazil and South America , with a significant increase in the number of travelers compared to the previous season (2021/2022), totaling 844 thousand passengers.
For the 2024/2025 season, The sector’s forecast is for a total of 861 thousand passengers shipped, representing a new record.
