More than 800 thousand tourists and 1.5 million hikers They mobilized during this long weekend, 15 percent more than the pre-pandemic record (2019), with an economic impact of 20 billion pesos, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports reported today.
The data on the number of mobilized arise from the information provided by the Argentine Tourism Observatory of the Argentine Chamber of Tourism (CAT)While the Argentine Confederation of Medium Enterprises (CAME) stressed the economic impact.
“We are closing another long weekend with numbers that far exceed those of the pre-pandemic, both in consolidated and emerging destinations,” said the Minister of Tourism and Sports, Matías Lammens.
And he added: “We have been saying it since the summer: what is happening in tourism is no longer recovery, it is growth”.
The sources highlighted the recovery of receptive tourism “led by visitors from Uruguay and Brazil to the City of Buenos Aires (CABA), San Carlos de Bariloche, San Martín de los Andes, Salta and the destinations of the province of Entre Ríos, which had a great tourist movement”.
For their part, towns such as Cadillal (Tucumán), San Ignacio (Misiones), Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires), Malargüe (Mendoza), Gran San Juan, Villa Mercedes (San Luis), Rosario (Santa Fe) and the capitals of Santiago del Estero and La Rioja had full occupation.
About, The president of the CAT, Gustavo Hani, assured that “the numbers of this long weekend already allow us to speak, in several destinations, of a trend with tourist movement above the figures that we managed in 2019”.
This long weekend, Buenos Aires province the following tourist spots were highlighted: Mar del Plata with an occupancy rate of 70%, Tandil, 91%, Partido de la Costa, 70%, Villa Gesell, 70%, Junín, 85%, Bahía Blanca, 98%, Sierra de la Ventana, 75%, San Antonio de Areco, 95%, Adolfo Alsina, 75%, Tigre, 75%, Chascomús, 70%, Miramar 99%, and the City of Buenos Aires with 70%, according to official information.
Meanwhile, in Cordova Villa Carlos Paz reached 70% of occupied places, Villa General Belgrano 78%, La Cumbrecita 92%, Cosquín 85%, Santa Rosa de Calamuchita 61%, Alta Gracia 88%, Miramar de Ansenuza 75%, Villa Giardino at 79%, La Cumbre at 75%, Mina Clavero at 48%, Cura Brochero at 53% and Nono at 54%.
The average in the city of Córdoba exceeded 76%, and was positioned as one of the most chosen destinations for tourists, in a new long weekend that had significant movement in the different mountain valleys.
Among the attractions offered by the provincial capital, with the Historic District, Plaza San Martín, the Cabildo, the Cathedral, the museums of Religious Art, Genaro Pérez and San Alberto, the Jesuit Crypt and the Basilica de la Merced, there are options highlights of gastronomy and guided tours in different areas.
The municipal government secretary, Miguel Siciliano, told Télam that the people of Córdoba are “happy with the hotel occupancy of Córdoba Capital. This means that there are thousands of citizens touring and visiting our city, that there are many people and businesses working and producing.”
In Jujuy, the Quebrada de Humahuaca had an occupation of 90%; Valleys, 80%; the Puna, 50% and the Yungas 52.2%, while Salta reached an average of 85%.
In Tucuman, Tafi del Valle, 93%; San Miguel de Tucumán, 94%; Saint Xavier, 98%; Yerba Buena, 98%; El Cadillal, 99%, and Tafi Viejo, 99%.
In Santiago del Estero, the Termas de Río Hondo, 90%; Santiago, 100% and La Banda 100%, while in La Rioja, Villa Unión, 90%; La Rioja Capital, 100%; Tama, 100%; Arauca 85% and Famatina, 85%.
Missions presented an occupation in Puerto Iguazú of 89%; Inns, 90%; Saint Ignatius, 95%; The Superb, 65%; Obera, 75%; San Vicente, 97% and El Dorado, 70%.
In currents, the capital had an occupation of, 85%; Passage of the Homeland, 94%; the Esteros del Iberá, 70% and Bella Vista, 84%.
In the province of Santa Fe Rosario stood out with 98% occupancy; the city of Santa Fe, 90%; Rafaela, 100%; Oliveros, 90%; Villa Constitucion 80%; Melincué, 70% and Reconquest, 85%.
In Between riversFederación and Gualeguaychú registered an occupation of 90% and Paraná, 95%.
For its part, mendoza registered in Las Leñas and Los Molles 90%; Mendoza capital, 91%; Malargue, 97%; Potrerillos, 93%; El Challao, 87% and Uspallata, 81%.
In San Juan, Calingasta had 96% of its tourist capacity occupied; Greater San Juan, 99%; Church, 67%; Jáchal, 65% and Valle Fértil, 93%.
In saint LouisPotrero de los Funes, 90% and Villa Mercedes 100%.
In the Patagonia, San Carlos de Bariloche was 85% occupied; The Caves, 65%; Puerto Madryn, 87%; Esquel, 65%; San Martin de los Andes, 80%; Villa La Angostura, 70%; El Calafate, 65%; Ushuaia, 85% and Rio Grande 73%.
During the winter holidays, more than 5 million tourists traveled through the country, which also implied, as in this long weekend, a growth with respect to the pre-pandemic season.
