Tourism in Argentina
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AFGHANISTAN, 2017/09/09
Destinations worldwide welcomed 598 million international tourists in the initial six months of 2017, some 36 million additional than in the same period of 2016. At 6%, increase was well above the trend of recent years, making the current January-June period the strongest half-year since 2010.
Visitor numbers reported by destinations around the world reflect strong request for international travel in the initial half of 2017, according to the new UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Worldwide, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) increased by 6% compared to the same six-month period last year, well above the sustained and consistent trend of 4% or higher increase since 2010. This represents the strongest half-year in seven years.
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ARGENTINA, 2017/03/04
Argentina has an undeniably heady mix of natural and cultural wonders to enrapture and inspire tourists, from presently on in recent years it has lagged behind other South American nations in growing its tourism sector; however, it’s a situation that is under change.
Argentina’s government has ambitious goals in its sights for its tourism sector with its National Tourism Plan 2016-2019. According to Tourism Minister Gustavo Santos, in just four years it aims to boost international tourist arrivals by 50%, and their spending by a massive 90%. In 2015, 5.7 million international visitors spent $4.2 billion, and the target presently is to see 9 million tourists spending $8 billion in 2019.
Its objectives for the domestic market are equally determined, with plans to raise domestic tourism figures from 47.7 million Argentine tourists spending $7.2 billion in 2015 to 70 million nationals spending $11.3 billion on vacations in their homeland.
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ARGENTINA, 2016/12/11
Argentina has an undeniably heady mix of natural and cultural wonders to enrapture and inspire tourists, from presently on in recent years it has lagged behind other South American nations in growing its tourism sector; however, it’s a situation that is under change.
Argentina’s government has ambitious goals in its sights for its tourism sector with its National Tourism Plan 2016-2019. According to Tourism Minister Gustavo Santos, in just four years it aims to boost international tourist arrivals by 50%, and their spending by a massive 90%. In 2015, 5.7 million international visitors spent $4.2 billion, and the target presently is to see 9 million tourists spending $8 billion in 2019.
Its objectives for the domestic market are equally determined, with plans to raise domestic tourism figures from 47.7 million Argentine tourists spending $7.2 billion in 2015 to 70 million nationals spending $11.3 billion on vacations in their homeland.
