2023-07-03 22:00:00
Further of 5.5 million national tourists and more than 1.5 million foreigners They will travel around the country during the next winter season, according to the forecasts released during the official launch of the 2023 season carried out by government authorities at the Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK).
The event was attended by the Ministers of Economy, Sergio Massa; of Tourism and Sports, Matías Lammens and of Transportation, Diego Giuliano, the president of Aerolíneas Argentinas, Pablo Ceriani, and the ambassador in Brazil, Daniel Scioli, announced new air routes and the actions to be developed during the season to continue promoting tourism receptive.
More air connections
Within this framework, Aerolíneas Argentinas presented the strategy for a historic winter season, given that it will deploy an offer of domestic flights that exceeds by 17% the figures of the pre-pandemic and In addition, it will make available an unprecedented offer for the Brazilian market, with direct connections from San Pablo to Salta, Mendoza, Córdoba, El Calafate, Chapelco, San Carlos de Bariloche and Ushuaia.
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within expectations In relation to long-distance trains, it is expected that more than 50,000 people will travel this season, to destinations such as Mar del Plata, Junín, Rosario, Córdoba, Tucumán, Pinamar, Bragado, Justo Daract (San Luis) and Palmira (Mendoza).
As part of the strategy in which various organizations participated, the National Institute for Tourism Promotion (INPROTUR) carried out Buy Argentina, a space for marketing and business rounds that included the Snow product and the offer of various Argentine destinations in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The Buy Patagonia Argentina was also organized in the United States, where the the offer of snow to more than 180 operators and the Snow product was included in the training for outbound Tour Operators in Ecuador.
A movement of more than 7 million tourists is expected
According to the data collected, the authorities expect a movement of 5.5 million national tourists during the season and the arrival of 1.5 million tourists from abroad in winter 2023, given that according to the latest official reports between 1 January and June 21, 2023, 3.4 million tourists from abroad arrived in the country, with a projected economic impact of 2,522 million dollars, while since April, the figures exceed the pre-pandemic.
Minister Lammens highlighted the work carried out by the national aviation company in terms of offers for this season, noting that “the work of Aerolíneas Argentinas was essential, we must insist on the matter of Airlines, because the key role still seems to be under discussion it has for our country.”
«In tourism he was one of the central protagonists of success. In April and May we had a record of receptive tourism, it would have been impossible without Airlines. They showed us that it can be more and more efficient and in the next 4 years of Sergio Massa it will have a surplus, “he added in a nod to the presidential candidacy of the Minister of Economy.
He also stated that what was done by the Ministry of Transportation was “fundamental” and highlighted in this sense the impulse that the late Mario Meoni gave to that portfolio by pointing out that “one of the first measures was to connect to Aeroparque.”
San Martín de los Andes, wonderful in winter. Here, a postcard on the Route of the 7 Lakes. Archive.
Matías Lammens also appreciated the work carried out by Ambassador Daniel Scioli, who “throughout his administration in Brazil has promoted tourism like everyone else. In June, for the first time, we are exceeding pre-pandemic Brazilian tourists.
In another order, he pointed to the programs “Previaje 1 and 2 as a great success” and maintained that “it was necessary to bet once more with 3 and 4 in a difficult context, but the first one who understood how virtuous the money he recovered was the state was Sergio Massa, That is why we did the successful editions 3 and 4 where more than 7 million people traveled and we have not had a low season in 2023«.
“The recovery of international tourism hit by the pandemic was missing, we had been recovering but it was missing. We wanted Argentina to become one of the world leaders in tourism, it had been working for a year and a half because we wanted to recognize the MEP dollar for tourists and when Sergio arrived at Economy in two and a half weeks we had the MEP dollar,” he said.
On the other hand, he remarked that in the government and among the operators of the sector they have “an enormous expectation (because) more than 5 and a half million tourists, an impact of more than one billion dollars of foreign tourists. The private sector believed, invests, now in winter we are going to see world-class ski resorts. Gastronomy is today a leader in the region and is a tourist attraction.
«The private sector has accompanied us in the most important situation of all, the pandemic. I think the winter season is going to give us better numbers than we estimated. I think we are going to end the year with a pre-pandemic tourist record. April and May were the best in 20 years in receptive tourism. I am sure that in the next four years there will be more job creation and more support for this sector”, he insisted.
In this sense, Ceriani pointed out that in Airlines there is “for this season a flight offer that definitely exceeds the pre-pandemic numbers. In addition, we present an unprecedented offer of flights from Brazil to attract receptive tourism. This is the product of coordinated work between the public and private sectors”.
In turn, Scioli assured that noor they waited “for the tourists to come, we got to work. One of the great turbines of Argentina is tourism and we have shown that we have what it takes: we were able to resume the emblematic flight between Aeroparque and Brasilia.
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