The president of the public company Corredores Viales, concessionaire of national routes in 13 Argentine provinces, Gonzalo Atanasof, assured that the traffic that circulates along the 6 thousand kilometers of national routes and highways that we manage, grew 26.9% compared to 2021 and 13 .6% compared to 2019 due to the recovery of the economy in key sectors.
“Tourism and cargo transport travel along our routes to the different provinces, and to the ports to export to the world; every day we see more trucks passing through our tolls, a symptom of an economy that is recovering; and during the holidays of summer and winter, there was a strong increase in domestic tourism, which is reflected in a higher demand for hotels and restaurants,” Atanasof said.
Traffic on our national routes increased by 26.9% compared to last year and 13.6% compared to 2019. ?
How do we know? Because with the 42 toll stations that we manage, we can have a reliable record of the traffic that circulates. pic.twitter.com/QTRfUCGNWJ
– Gonzalo Atanasof (@gonatanasof) July 30, 2022
The data corresponds to the 42 toll stations that the public company, whose shareholders are the Ministry of Public Works of the Nation and National Roads, has on the Riccheri, Jorge Newbery, Ezeiza-Cañuelas highways. Buenos Aires-Córdoba and Córdoba-Rosario, and on national routes 7,8,9,12, 16, 5, 34,19,188, 205 and 226 that cross 13 provinces.
“These numbers accompany the latest data from INDEC, which is showing us an increase in activity in key sectors such as services, construction and transport”detailed the owner of the company in a statement released this Saturday.
According to Indec data, economic activity grew 6.2% in the first five months of this year.
According to data from @INDECArgentina, economic activity grew 6.2% in the first five months of the year. The main items are services, mining, construction, trade and transportation.
These data tell us of an economy that is recovering. ??❤️
– Gonzalo Atanasof (@gonatanasof) July 30, 2022
By items, the main increase was registered in Hotels and Restaurantswith an improvement of 44.3% year-on-year.
The second was “Exploitation of Mines and Quarries”, with an increase of 14.2%, followed by Construction 13.8%; Wholesale and Retail Trade, 11.6%; Transportation and Communication, 11%; and the Manufacturing Industry, with a rise of 10.6%.
Meanwhile, the Fishing item marked an improvement of 9.9% year-on-year; Public Administration, defense and security, 9.6%; Net taxes and subsidies, 9.3%; and the Generation of Electricity, gas and water, 7.8%. Real estate activities rose 7.3%; Teaching, 6.3%; Financial intermediation, 2.8%; and Social and Health Services, 1.3%.
