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visaadvisor1/south-america-travel-planning-index-2026

South America Travel Planning Index 2026 Version 1.1 is a source-linked travel-planning dataset covering all 12 sovereign South American countries. It combines editorial trip-length ranges, buffer-day guidance, gateways, route intensity, seasonality, signature experiences, official tourism links, and entry-check links with a separate registry of 44 official-source records. Canonical record Version DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21765168 Concept DOI for all… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/visaadvisor1/south-america-travel-planning-index-2026.

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South America Travel Planning Index 2026

Version 1.1 is a source-linked travel-planning dataset covering all 12 sovereign South American countries. It combines editorial trip-length ranges, buffer-day guidance, gateways, route intensity, seasonality, signature experiences, official tourism links, and entry-check links with a separate registry of 44 official-source records.

Canonical record

—Version DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21765168
—Concept DOI for all versions: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21765167
—Live index and methodology: https://visaadvisor.ai/south-america-travel-planning-index-2026/
—Public version history: https://github.com/ahmedabdouelhakim-art/south-america-trip-planning-index-2026

Zenodo is the canonical archive. This Hugging Face repository is a machine-readable discovery mirror of Version 1.1.

Repository subsets

`countries`

Twelve country records with:

—suggested minimum and maximum trip length;
—recommended buffer days;
—gateway cities and IATA codes;
—editorial route-intensity classification;
—regional seasonality notes;
—two signature experiences;
—direct official tourism and entry-check links;
—stable IDs connecting claims to the source registry.

`sources`

Forty-four official-source records with:

—source organisation and authority type;
—exact URL and supported claim scope;
—verification and next-review dates;
—time-sensitivity controls;
—a concise evidence note.

What the dataset is for

—Early-stage route comparison across South America.
—Source tracing for travel editors and data journalists.
—Reproducible audits of planning claims.
—Teaching examples for separating official evidence from editorial judgement.
—Research prototypes that need a small, documented tabular dataset.

Method

Official tourism, immigration, government, protected-area, airport, and other state sources are prioritised. Source-linked synthesis and VisaAdvisor editorial judgement are labelled separately. A blank source-ID field means that Version 1.1 does not claim a dedicated source for that field; it must not be filled by inference.

The full methodology, data dictionary, integrity checks, and version history are available in the public GitHub repository.

Limitations and safety

This dataset is a planning aid, not a safety ranking, legal advice, or a guarantee of admission. Suggested days, buffer days, route intensity, gateway framing, and selected experiences are editorial judgements rather than government recommendations. Weather differs within large countries, and entry or transport rules can change. Travellers must recheck current requirements with the relevant authorities, airline, and transit airports before booking and departure.

Version and integrity

—Version: 1.1
—Full verification date: 2 August 2026
—Country rows: 12
—Official-source rows: 44
—Licence: CC BY 4.0 for VisaAdvisor's original selection, structure, and editorial fields

Linked third-party material remains subject to each original publisher's terms and is not relicensed by this dataset.

Citation

Ahmed Abdou. South America Travel Planning Index 2026: 12-Country Open Dataset (Version 1.1). VisaAdvisor.ai, 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21765168

bibtex

@dataset{abdou_2026_south_america_index,
  author    = {Ahmed Abdou},
  title     = {South America Travel Planning Index 2026: 12-Country Open Dataset},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {1.1},
  publisher = {VisaAdvisor.ai},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.21765168},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21765168}
}

Maintainer and corrections

Ahmed Abdou — Co‑Founder, Editor & Travel Researcher, VisaAdvisor.ai Author profile: https://visaadvisor.ai/ahmed-abdou/ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3781-0174

Corrections supported by an official source: help@visaadvisor.ai