Due to the rising dollar, the arrival of tourists was a record but Argentinian trips abroad collapsed

Due to the rise of the dollar over the past year, in January, the History of foreign tourists in the country. According to official data, the number of visitors from Chile and Brazil has increased by about 50%. At the same time, the output of Argentineans to external destinations has collapsed by 20%.

Argentina has become for the foreign tourist a cheaper place than a year ago and, on the contrary, external destinations, as well as airline tickets, they became more expensive for the devaluation of the peso. Since June 2018, with the first exchange rate adjustments, the trend of the previous months has reversed and the emissive tourism has begun to fall.

Data released Tuesday by the Indec show that the arrival of visitors from abroad by airports recorded an increase, measured compared to January of last year, of 25%. According to the economist Santiago Manoukian, considered at an annual level is the highest level since 2012 and aim to reach the 2010 record.

Including only monthly data, the government pointed out that it was already recording historical data. "Of the 339,176 arrivals, 84,316 come from Europe (the best January since 2002), which represents 25% of the total. The Brazilian market is followed by the Brazilian market with 82,556 arrivals (24%), and the United States and Canada with 52,198 arrivals (15% of the total number of tourists arriving by plane), "the Ministry of Tourism reported. Tourism.

The statistical agency report also shows an increase in arrivals from Chile, with an inter-annual increase of 56.3%, while in Brazil it increased by 46.5%; from the rest of America, 24.8%; Europe, 16.7%, and the United States and Canada, the increase was 15.2%.

"January was the best month of the historical series." The notable improvement in the real exchange rate, the economies of neighboring countries in terms of growth and progress in connectivity are part of the drivers who drive the arrivals, motorizing an activity of generates a relevant currency level, employment and active activity in regional economies, "said Manoukian.

It should be noted that tourists admitted by Ezeiza and Aeroparque recorded 4.4 million overnight stays, or 16% more than in January 2018, and that the total average stays were 14.6, while that of the European tourist 38% of the total number of overnight stays) is 21.5.

"Connectivity is fundamental to the development of tourism: the arrival of new airlines, new routes and more frequencies, as well as the largest number of direct entries from other countries in different provinces, allow us to position ourselves globally and activate regions of Argentina, "ended Tourism.

Along with the increase in the number of receptive tourists, because of the same exchange effect, the Argentinian tourists decided to opt for national destinations before going abroad. In January, the comparison with the same month of the previous year showed a decrease of 20%, the highest monthly number since the devaluation of the peso began.

The resident tourists who left Ezeiza and Aeroparque did so mainly, with a destination in Brazil (33%), the United States and Canada (17.8%) and in the rest of America (14.6% ). The average stay of resident tourists was 16.1 nights. The highest average stay was recorded in Europe (28.3 nights), followed by the United States and Canada (17.9 nights).