The Minister of Economy, Serge Massa; its pair of Tourism and Sports, Matthias Lammens; and the Secretary of Commerce, Matias Tombolinisigned an agreement this Monday with the representative entities of the hotel sector to establish maximum rates in the accommodations that participate in the third edition of the program Pre-Trip.
“We believe in the program, but we also believe that it cannot end up playing against us in terms of inflation,” Massa said during the signing of the agreement.
Now “the sector has to make an effort alongside the State. The price regulation is going to help us lower inflation expectations and it is good that we make the effort together”, assured Massa after the meeting in which the agreement was signed.
For his part, Lammens stressed that “This program has been a success from every point of view. People are happy, they can travel; The national State is happy, which promotes the activity and formalizes it; and the tourism sector is happy because it represents almost 10 points of GDP and has been greatly strengthened by PreViaje”.
Ministers Sergio Massa and Matías Lammens signed a price agreement with the hotel sector. ?️?
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“We appreciate the commitment of the private sector and the work of Matías Tombolini and his entire team: we took a decisive step to launch the third stage“, added Lammens, reported the Tourism portfolio through a statement.
In his turn, Tombolini stressed that from the Secretary of Commerce that he directs “We are going to contribute to ordering pricesto control to prevent abuse and to the possibility that, voluntarily, more and more businessmen and businesswomen join this public policy that has been a success and a boost for the tourism sector”.
For the private sector, the agreement was signed by the president of the Argentine Chamber of Tourism, Gustavo Hanni; the head of the Gastronomic Hotel Business Federation of the Argentine Republic (Fehgra), Fernando Desbots; the president of the Association of Tourism Hotels of the Argentine Republic (AHT), Robert Amengual; and the head of the Association of Hotels, Restaurants, Cafes and Cafes (Ahrcc), Daniel Prietodetailed the Ministry of Tourism in a statement.
Speaking during the meeting, Hani said that “PreTravel allowed us a very quick reactivation, as well as providing predictability and formality to the sector. We are going to work side by side so that the agreement is fulfilled because we want the show to continue to be a success.”
“This program has been a success from every point of view. The people are happy, that they can travel; the national State is happy, which promotes the activity and formalizes it; and the tourism sector is happy because it represents almost 10 points of the GDP and has been greatly strengthened by PreViaje”.Matthias Lammens
With a view to the new edition of the Pre-Trip, for the establishment of the maximum rates, the last available low season rates in the main destinations of each province were taken as a reference, that is, the one corresponding to June or July 2022, depending on the characteristics of the place.
With this objective in mind, a survey of about 200,000 prices, explained the Ministry of Tourism.
Adherence, by means of an affidavit, will be voluntary for each tourist provider and will be a mandatory condition to participate in this new Pre-Trip.
By tourist destination, providers must adjust to the maximum rate established for each category and type of establishment (1 to 5 stars). The control will be in charge of the Ministry of Commerce and the accommodations that fail to comply will be excluded from both the third and future editions of the program.
During the first two editions, a total of 5 million tourists benefited from the program, with an economic impact of $165 billion.
On this occasion, the program will be to stimulate travel throughout the country during the so-called “low season.”
