Some three million tourists moved around the country during the four days of the long Carnival weekend and the figure adds to a season that markedor “the return of international tourism” and “the consolidation of the sector” as one of the engines of the economy and job creation, said the Minister of Tourism and Sports, Matthias Lammens.
“This record Carnival weekend rounds off a wonderful season with excellent numbers in all destinations in the country and full occupancy in many of them,” Lammens said in a statement.
Meanwhile, it is the Carnival weekend “with more people mobilized since the holiday was established in 2011,” they highlighted from the national portfolio. In addition, the season “marked the strong return of international tourism and the consolidation of the sector as one of the engines of the economy and job creation,” added the official.
In this sense, the Ministry detailed that there was full occupation in major destinations such as Gualeguaychú, Colón and Federación, in Entre Ríos; Paso de la Patria, in Corrientes; El Rodeo and Antofagasta de la Sierra, in Catamarca; Villa Carlos Paz, Cosquín and Santa Rosa de Calamuchita, in Córdoba; Merlo, in San Luis; the Partido de la Costa and Monte Hermoso, in the Province of Buenos Aires; The Quebrada de Humahuaca, in Jujuy; Tafí Viejo and Amaicha del Valle, in Tucumán; Calingasta, in San Juan; and in El Calafate, in Santa Cruz, among others.
Lammens advanced, besides that with the PreTrip 4 will ensure “an even movement during the twelve months for all providers and the transformation of what was previously temporary employment into employment for the whole year”.
For his part, the president of the Argentine Chamber of Tourism, Gustavo Hani, remarked that “a Carnival weekend is ending with high levels of occupancy throughout the country. The sustained growth of tourism is consolidated, which once again confirms its key role as an industry that generates business, work and development throughout the country”.
