Trips abroad have increased after 14 months of autumn – Radioinforme 3

Travel abroad increased in August after 14 months of autumn. According to data published by Indec, annual growth was 3.7%, compared with 11.5% in July of this year.

"Arrivals in August totaled about 240,000 tourists and about 348,000 departures.This month, the outflows have for the first time increased long.This means that the impact of the dollar has not prevented people from continuing to go in. More people left, "he said. Chain 3 Bruno Panighel, economist at Iaraf.

On the other hand, foreign tourists' revenues increased by 6% year-on-year, but decreased by 7.9% compared to last month.

Asked about the reason for this trend, Mr. Panighel said: "Our contraction was due to the fact that the dollar is more expensive.In August, it may have happened that many have advanced their journeys in anticipation of a rate fall. exchange rate or an inability to buy dollars in the future. "

In this context, we must add that the tourism record is negative for 8 years: the dollars that go to tourism are more than those who enter. In one year, Argentineans exported $ 59 billion, more than BCRA reserves.

Report by Guillermo López.