The Ministry of Tourism and Sports, chaired by Matías Lammens, announced that it will launch the fourth edition of the Government program that provides incentives for tourism in the country, PreTrip 4, granting as usual, 50% refund for purchases with credit cards in items for tourism purposes, such as hotel rentals, cars, regional products, travel packages, tickets, among others. If you are a member of the Comprehensive Medical Care Program (PAMI), the refund amounts to up to 70%.
According to minister Lammens, this year, the PreTrip 4, it will be destined for the low seasonsince according to him, “high seasons do not need this type of help, the objective will be to promote those that tend to be low. Like Pre-Trip 3, which took place in October and November of last year, this will go in the same direction with the difference that it will take place in May and June.”
Although the exact date of the beginning of the PreTrip 4sources from the Ministry of Labor and Sports affirm that the Program It will be launched in mid-March, which will allow, as in its previous edition, to receive a 50% refund to be used in months after the purchases made, which would correspond to the aforementioned months of May and June and applies to all the provinces of the country.
On the other hand, the Argentine Tourism Observatory (OAT) reported that In the PreViaje 3 program, more than 6 million tourists used the plan, contributing close to 200,000 million pesos to the regional economies and generating the important number of 54,000 jobs. Different districts of the Argentine territory make the economic difference with the tourism category. It is known that at the country level, this sector contributes 7.6% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
summer season 2023
During the first two weeks of 2023, there was a great tourist movement throughout the territory. Occupancy levels in destinations such as Mar del Plata, Villa Gesell, Partido de la Costa, Villa Carlos Paz, San Carlos de Bariloche, Quebrada de Humahuaca or Gualeguaychú were between 85 and 95%.
The reasons that explain this event provided by the OAT are the recovery of receptive tourism, with estimates of arrivals in our country for more than 300,000 visitors. In addition to the vacation trips made by Argentine citizens, many travelers from Uruguay, Brazil, Chile and the United States arrived in our nation.
