The The national government launched the 2022 winter tourist season this Fridaybased on greater connectivity through Aerolineas Argentinas, and predicted that “absolutely record” weeks will come with a level of reserves 30 percent higher than in 2019, before the coronvirus pandemic.
The launch was held at the Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK), with the presence of the Ministers of the Interior, Eduardo “Wado” de Pedro, and of Tourism and Sports, Matías Lammens, together with the president of the flag line, Pablo Ceriani and the Argentine ambassador in Brazil, Daniel Scioli.
Within the framework of the act, Aerolineas Argentinas presented its flight schedule for the winter season and Ceriani stressed that the basis will be “connectivity in the region, particularly with Brazil.”
For its part, Lammens pointed out that the work carried out “is from a team, which developed a strategy, side by side with each area of government and that he sees a huge opportunity in tourism and has a plan for Argentina to continue growing, not only in the region, but in the world”.
During his speech, the Minister of Tourism said that “this, more than a present State, is an entrepreneurial State, an innovative State, which works together with the private sector creating the conditions for that private sector to invest”.
“We will have an absolutely record winter season, with more than 5 million tourists, with a level of reservations that is 30 percent higher than in 2019, and we expect more than a million foreign tourists to visit us during the winter season, especially all from neighboring countries, but also from the United States and Europe,” he predicted.
De Pedro, meanwhile, maintained that his portfolio is “an articulator between the needs of male and female governors because when we think about employment and in deep Argentina and we see the numbers of tourism, which represent almost 10 percent of the GDP, which is a lot of money and a lot of employment, not only do we keep that, but there are entire towns that live from tourism, where the economy central is generated as a result of tourist activity”.
In the same sense, Ceriani affirmed that they are “sure that it will be a very good season” and highlighted the operation of the “Pre Viaje” program, which he defined as “a phenomenal policy that the government is carrying out, very imaginative, that has no precedents and has shown striking effectiveness”, while noting that they are “practically matching the offer to what we had in the pre-pandemic”.
In turn, Scioli emphasized the importance of Brazil for Argentine tourism and trade. and highlighted “the effort made by the provinces so that, in a joint effort with Aerolineas Argentinas, Brazilians can come to enjoy what our country has to offer.”
More national and international flights and routes
The presentation winter sale Aerolineas Argentinas, was in charge of the company’s Commercial Director, Fabián Lombardowho explained that with regard to domestic flights, “in the months of April and May, 100% of passengers transported pre-Covid were reached, while, between January and May, with 3,732,281 passengers transported, the 92% compared to the pre-pandemic.
Along these lines, he specified that “today 68 routes are being operated, with presence in all provinces and as of July there will be 77, with assistance to 37 destinationshaving added to Puerto Madryn to national destinations.
He also referred to restart of the Cordoba Hubfrom where 16 destinations are served and from July Chapelco and San Juan will be added, while 43 intersections are operated without passing through Buenos Aireswhich will reach 47 this year, compared to 35 in 2019.
Lombardo highlighted the recovery of the Federal, Tourist and Oil Corridors, While in the July will start operating the Atlantic Corridor and pointed out that “the most wanted destinations are those of Bariloche, Córdoba, Mendoza, Ushuaia, El Calafate, Iguazú, Salta, Tucumán, Neuquén and Comodoro Rivadavia”.
On an international levelsaid “62% of passengers were transported regarding the pre-pandemic, and in July the forecast is to reach 75%operating today to 21 destinations, having added Havana and Brasilia to international destinations”.
On the other hand, he pointed out that the Regionalization of Aeroparque“allows all our flights from Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia to operate there, enhancing connectivity with the rest of the country” and commented that flights to Lima and Bogotá, Colombia, started operating at Aeroparque for the first time, thus promoting a greater development of tourism to the 35 destinations that the company operates from that air station”.
estimated so “the preCovid offer will have been recovered from July 2022, recovering the daily flight to Madrid, and since last night we restart the operation to Rome with 3 weekly flights from June and 4 in November”.
As far as the operation with Brazilthe most important destination for national tourism, “were implemented connections with Córdoba, Mendoza and Tucumánthere will be 4 weekly flights to Porto Alegre and Curitiba, 28 weekly flights to São Paulo and 4 weekly flights to Brasilia”.
As to new routesmaintained that “they are beginning to operate flights between San Pablo-Salta / Tucumán with 3 weekly flights; 7 weekly flights between São Paulo and Bariloche; 2 between San Pablo and Chapelco; also 2 between Sao Paulo and Ushuaia and there will be 2 weekly flights between San Pablo-Cordoba-El Calafate”.
Meanwhile, he pointed out that “the route between São Paulo and Mendoza It will have three weekly flights, with a shared code with the Brazilian company GOL”.
“In total we will have 74 weekly frequencies with Brazil, with an offer of 109,000 monthly seats, which is more than 100% of the pre-Covid offer,” he remarked.
