Most powerful Latin American passports 2023

Chilean citizens were the Latin Americans holding the most powerful passport in the region as of late 2023. At that time, the Chilean passport granted access to 175 countries, while Argentina and Brazil – following in the ranking – scored 170 visa-free access destinations. Meanwhile, the passport from Barbados was the most powerful Caribbean passport in that same year.

Outbound tourism in Chile

Preliminary figures for 2022 showed that there were more than two million outbound travelers from Chile that year. This denoted an increase of about 322 percent over the previous year, when departures were most likely hampered by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Meanwhile, the Chilean expenditure per capita on international tourism showed that an outbound traveler from the South American country spent approximately 36.48 U.S. dollars in 2023, with this figure forecast to increase by about 25 percent by 2028.

Tourist destinations in Latin America

Mexico was the most visited Latin American country in 2022, with over 38 million international tourists visiting the country that year. Meanwhile, looking at traveler scores for cities in Latin America, five Mexican cities outperformed destinations from other Latin American countries in the ranking in 2023. On the other hand, a 2023 study which utilized a daily price index to calculate the cheapest Latin American city destinations found that Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was the most affordable city for backpackers in the region in 2023.