The second long weekend in June is ending and part of a strange week in which three holidays came together, separated by weekday Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and the celebration of Father’s Day, last Sunday.
In principle, the sector’s expectations seem satisfied, although The final figures are not yet available. about the movement of these days.
According to Aerolíneas Argentinas, more than 300,000 people traveled between the two long weekends.
Which destinations had the highest occupancy during the long weekend
For those who moved By planethe most chosen destinations were Bariloche, Córdoba, Iguazú, Mendoza, Salta, Ushuaia, Tucumán and Neuquén (data are from Aerolíneas Argentinas).
Beyond the means of transportation, what is known is that there were several destinations with an occupancy that exceeded 70 percentaccording to data recorded by the Argentine Tourism Observatory of the Argentine Chamber of Tourism (CAT).
Some of those who had the best occupation:
- Puerto Iguazú in Misiones and the Iberá Wetlands in Corrientes (both with 78%);.
- Mendoza capital registered 83%.
- La Cumbrecita (98%), Villa General Belgrano (85%), La Falda (70%), Carlos Paz (72%) or Colonia Caroya (80%), in the province of Córdoba;
- Mar del Plata (70%), Mar del las Pampas (85%), Miramar (75%) and Monte Hermoso (90%) on the Atlantic Coast.
- Sierra de la Ventana, in the province of Buenos Aires, had 90%.
- In Patagonia, Bariloche registered 73%, Ushuaia 72%,
- In the North, La Quebrada had almost 87%, Tilcara 82%, Cafayate 80%, Salta capital 81% and Termas de Río Hondo (Santiago del Estero), 82%. Tafí del Valle in Tucumán had 95% and San Javier, 90%, while Tafí Viejo, 99%.
“We have had a good weekend in tourist terms with destinations throughout the country that reflected an occupancy rate above 70%, this is, without a doubt, a consequence of the great work that we have done from the private sector adjusting prices so that Argentines could enjoy this weekend in tourist terms,” said Gustavo Hani, president of the Argentine Chamber of Tourism.
For the remainder of the year, he maintains that “it is essential that we can continue strengthening public-private work with measures and tools that allow us to accompany the current context and promote tourism”.
Why are they asking for a new long weekend?
One of the concerns in the tourism sector is to try sustain demand during low season. Added to the economic crisis is the lower flow of regional foreign tourists, who no longer find the change so favorable as to travel.
In the first half of the year, several destinations and private providers launched promotions to tempt the public and, even, the Undersecretariat of Tourism of the Nation launched a website that brings together all the offers.
From this, Hani spoke of the need to have a new long weekend.
“We believe it is It is essential to establish Monday, August 19, as a holiday.to be able to accompany the sector in the low season knowing that we are an engine that mobilizes work and opportunities throughout the country,” he said, referring to the August 17 holiday for the Passage to the Immortality of General José de San Martín and which is a transferable holiday.