Tourism Industry grows
in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES - About 280,000 people visited
Argentinean tourist destinations in the
first two weeks of January, which is 9.6
percent more than in the same period last
year.
This important rally is the result of the
economic reactivation in the country, the
Argentina National Secretary of Tourism
Enrique Meyer told to media on Friday.
The official added that it is a good
beginning to the summer season with high
levels of reservations for the whole
Argentinean destinations.
According to the Ministry of Industry and
Tourism, 8.600.000 tourists visited the
country in December 2009 and the first two
weeks of 2010, representing a 6.1 percent
rise on the same period in 2008-2009.
The Atlantic Coast of Buenos Aires,
specifically Mar del Plata, registered the
main flood of people with 667.260 visitors
in the first two week in January, rising a 8
percent on the same period in 2009, said the
official note.
The province of Cordoba, famous for its
landscapes, rivers and lakes, kept the
primacy among the non-seaside destinations
with 787.951 visits, a 3.25 rise on the
first two weeks in 2009. |
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