Comments on: Tourism Falls For Third Straight Month

By: Argentina’s Proposed Tourist Entry Fee Postponed Indefinitely | Discover Buenos Aires

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:42:33 +0000

[...] to how it would impact tourism before they enacted the legislation. Now, amid the global recession, tourism in Argentina has fallen for three straight months, and there’s no end in site. With tourism bringing $4 billion annually to the Argentine [...]

By: Conor O Neill

Conor O Neill — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:46:13 +0000

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.

By: Buenos Aires Expats - Online Community of Expatriates and guide to living in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:44:42 +0000

[...] tango parlours, cafés and colonial buildings line the cobble-stone… Monday, 16 February Tourism Falls For Third Straight Month[The Argentine Post] Tourism fell for the third straight month in December, the national statistics [...]

By: taos

taos — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:36:44 +0000

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

By: Conor O Neill

Conor O Neill — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:12:58 +0000

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?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:51:05 +0000

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

By: Pete Bollini

Pete Bollini — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:14:31 +0000

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.