translated from Spanish: Tourists’ trips to the country decreased by 21% during 2019

Undersecretary of Tourism, Mónica Zalaquett, revealed on Friday that the arrival of tourists during 2019 decreased by 21.1% compared to 2018. The economic crisis in Argentina and the social outburst in Chile were, according to Zalaquett, the main cause in the fall in the numbers.
The visits of Argentine tourists were the ones that declined the most, but “even in Europe we have positive numbers and in the United States,” the undersecretary said.
“Nice place to stay”
“We have launched a campaign to be good hosts,” Zalaquett said at Santiago International Airport, in the company of Undersecretary for Crime Prevention, Katherine Martorell, and the IDP.
The campaign consists of a delivery of flyers, written in Spanish, English and Portuguese, to tourists arriving in the country.
The flyers have the following recommendations:
-On the street just carry what you need and stay attentive to your belongings.
-Do not speak by cell phone in dimly lit areas or with a lot of agglomeration.
-Change money in established premises, never on the street.
-Look at the meter and demand proof. From the airport, choose
official transport.
-When buying by credit card or spinning money from an ATM, do not lose sight of the card and enter the key discreetly.
-Avoid illegal street trade.

Original source in Spanish