The 2023 summer season recorded a record of 33.8 million tourists who traveled throughout the country, with an increase of 4.6% compared to 2022, and who spent 1.3 trillion pesos in that period, 12, 4% more than in the same period last year, according to data collected by the Tourism sector of the Argentine Confederation of Medium Enterprises (CAME).
The report released today by CAME highlighted that “the number of popular festivities and events was unprecedented, and especially the professionalization of these activities” and remarked that “the surprise of the summer was the international tourist, who was not limited to the most popular, but it reached even the most hidden towns”.
“There were arrivals in all the cities. Small and large; with beaches, with mountains and with valleys; with history, with traditions and with parties,” highlighted the business entity, specifying that “4.6% more tourists traveled than in 2022 and the real economic impact grew 12.4%”.
Between the second half of December and the end of February, 33.8 million tourists chose to vacation in local destinations and spent $1.3 billion; the average stay was 4.1 days compared to 4.6 days in the 2022 season), and in turn, daily spending averaged $9,259, for which it had a real increase of 18.4% compared to last year .
For the report, the highlight of the 2023 season were international tourists, since it is estimated that they far exceeded a million and a half arrivals, especially from neighboring countries such as Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay and Chile, and a very prominent place was held by visitors the rest of Latin America and other continents.
The most chosen destinations, in the summer average, were Mar del Plata, Bariloche, Villa Gesell, Pinamar, Las Grutas, Villa Carlos Paz, Villa de Merlo, Colón, Puerto Iguazú and Mendoza. By regions, the Atlantic Coast, the mountains of Córdoba, the coast of Entre Ríos and Cuyo stood out.
But each date had its favorite place, since -for example- they were the cities of Córdoba with the traditional folkloric festivals in January, or those of Entre Ríos, Corrientes, Salta and Jujuy in the carnivals of February.
