Tourism Falls For Third Straight Month
Tourism fell for the third straight month in December, the national statistics agency, INDEC, reported Monday.
The number of visitors dipped 8.1% from the previous year to 190,318. The amount of money they spent while here also fell, declining 8.5% to $314 million.
The average tourist spent $76 a day in December. Brazilians and Chilean spent the most, $107 and $104, respectively, while Americans and Canadians spent around $98. Europeans spent about $91 a day. So much for that euro being all mighty. All told, tourists spent $3.3 billion in Argentina last year, INDEC said.
The average stay in Argentina lasted about 22 days in December, with Brazilians staying an average of nine and Europeans staying about 24 days. Americans and Canadians stayed almost 20 days.
The bulk of tourists (58.5%) visited Buenos Aires while just 3.8% visited northern provinces like Salta and Jujuy. A surprisingly small percentage (just 2.6%) visited Bariloche or San Martín while only 2.9% hit Mendoza, that ever-so-lovely wine capital.
INDEC’s tourism measurement is based on the number of visitors who arrive to the country via Ezeiza, or EZE, the airport located outside Buenos Aires. About half of the country’s tourists arrive through the airport.
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Well, I guess Canadians, Europeans and some Americans are not to be impressed with mountains and lakes which they have in their own countries galore, but rather prefer the mystique of a well known romantic Latin American Capital such as Buenos Aires.
Go deeper, to Argentina profunda.
Know Resistencia, el Chaco.
People are warm and polite.
prices are economic.
Food is much less expensive than in Buenos Aires and the meat first class.
Get to know the landscape.
Resistencia has a clean city and el centro with the peatonal is niece.
But, always is a but.
Bring lots of repelent.
It was declared a full blown denge city
Tourism was one of the hopes for the economy away from the export orientated agriculture and food business. With a decline like this it’s not looking good. Is there any indication that hotels and vacation rentals are reducing their prices yet to attract tourists?
Hi Conor,
Yes, prices have declined in a number of places, particularly on the coast, where rental prices dropped this year. I suspect that prices will continue to drop as businesses fight to retain and gain customers amid the slowdown.
Thanks for your feedback!
Taos
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Yeah. I kind of expected a gradual drop in prices in Argentina in the tourism sector. I think many are not really wanting to do so. The economic situation changed so quickly that many are hoping that bookings made say, prior to September/October will tide them by and hope for a pick up.I don’t think that will happen. This storm is not going to pass by and everything will be normal again. It is going to continue. Thus I expect to see a drop in prices. One example I have noticed on the apartment rental sites for Buenos Aires a lot of bookings halt after March/April. It will be pretty interesting to see what happens then. Just like a lot of airfares dropped after the post-Christmas period, the post-summer period in Argentina will see reductions, especially in the domestic tourism sector.
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