The boom in “cattle tourism” continues, flights to Miami explode

The proliferation of coronavirus cases, coupled with the Government’s slowness in ensuring large-scale vaccination, continues to accelerate the asked for tickets air with Destination to Miami. Only in May, the occupancy levels of flights to this city in the United States was ahead 100 percent. And this, beyond the increasingly high value of the tickets.

In fact, Miami relocations sparked interest during the recent hot sale. This city in the state of Florida, as good as Strong Lauderdale Yes Orlando These are, according to companies like Almundo, the places that have attracted the most potential travelers in this non-stop pandemic scenario. Also in the United States, Orlando and Miami also top the list of cities around the world in which hotels are most sought after.

Due to this fiery demand, companies are coming redoubling their services – Or, in any case, reconfirm – in order to capture the request of Argentines who designate North America as a vaccination destination.

In this direction, from Aerolineas Argentinas, they have confirmed iProfesional This month the state will increase to 9 weekly frequencies in Miami during the impending June. Throughout the month of May, the company operated 6 departments.

“There are 9 (weekly frequencies) programmed until June 27. We went from 6 to 9. In Madrid (still in June), there will be 2 per week, 1 in Bogotá, 1 in Lima, 1 in São Paulo, 1 in Asunción and 1 in Santiago de Chile “, they indicated from the environment of the company.

The voices consulted indicated that the occupation of Miami, at least during the month of May, “he was full, practically from 100 per cent“.

As this news outlet has been able to verify, tickets available for this destination are listed today – for travel in the second half of June – at around 320,000 pesos round trip. “Values ​​are subject to demand and anticipation,” the sources commented.

Another company serving Miami and holding its offer for rekindled interest is American Airlines. The airline has informed that it will maintain its daily flight to Florida. In addition, he will also connect with Dallas in the first week of the month that begins.

Aerolineas Argentinas will increase its offer of transfers to Miami during June.

As for LATAM, the company sells services to this city in the United States with a stopover in Santiago de Chile. By segment, the airline offers transfers to 210,000 pesos in mid-June.

Like LATAM, Copa, United, Boliviana de Aviación (BOA) and Delta are other companies that, with stopovers, are planning transfers to Miami for the next few days. BOA tickets average 380,000 pesos round trip. The cup, meanwhile, is around 418,000, while Delta tickets already go up to 480,000 per person-roundtrip-.

The purchase of flights to Miami has accelerated in recent weeks, as the United States consolidates itself as a place where rapid access to the coronavirus vaccine is possible, in addition to the fact that activities that can be conducted have fewer restrictions.

Health destination

Recently, even former President Mauricio Macri said he took advantage of a trip to the United States to receive the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine.

“During my stay in the United States, I was able to verify that the vaccines are applied any side, from beaches to shopping centers, and even pharmacies. I myself was able to apply Johnson’s single dose vaccine in a pharmacy. Remember that Argentina could have had millions of vaccines at its disposal that it did not know how to negotiate, ”wrote the PRO leader on his Facebook account.

Demand for tickets to the US city skyrocketed from April and went to Macri

In Avantrip, they point out that the tendency to opt for travel to the United States started to become a trend from April 15th. From this moment, it is noted, the purchase of flights to North America with a specific destination in Miami began to drive the purchase intention.

From the aforementioned firm, they claim that “vaccine tourism” is the variable that encourages the marketing of flights to this destination. Behind the city of Florida is, for a similar reason, New York.

In the United States, double-dose vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech are available, and depending on the region in that country, the single-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson (J&J).

In addition to the plane ticket, Argentines who indicate North America as the destination to receive the dose must have an updated immigration visa in advance. Otherwise, the trip is not possible because the American consulate in Argentina remains closed and the entry guarantee cannot be processed until further notice.