2024 season: there was a 13.7% drop in tourism compared to 2023

At the end of the 2024 season, the Argentine Confederation of Medium-sized Enterprises (CAME) published a report with the data collected. Thus, he assures that between December 15 and February 29, 29.2 million tourists traveled through Argentina. In that sense, that figure represents a 13.7% drop from the same period in the 2023 season. The study also details that the economic impact was 5 trillion pesos and that real economic spending rose by 3.5% due to the significant flow of foreign tourists that raised the average daily expenditure per person ($44,048, 29.7% more than in 2023). The second half of December and the first half of January started with fairly weak numbers and little tourist occupancy, but in February there was a rebound as a result of the promotions and better pricing policies launched. The average stay was 3.9 days compared to 4.1 in the 2023 season and this decrease occurred because “the local resident reduced their time spent in the chosen destination, in order to reduce expenses”. Even price increases, which were decoupled from income, caused many families to cancel their trips altogether beyond shortening the time spent on stays. Highlights of the 2024 seasonCordoba with about 5 million tourists, Misiones with 328,000, Patagonia with a very good cruise season, and the Argentine Coast with the faithful tourism that populated the beaches were some of the highlights of the 2024 season.

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