“The economic result had a real increase of 34.8% compared to the same weekend last year“, highlighted the report and specified that, although “the number of tourists was less than in 2021, the economic impact in real terms was better this year, because trips were made over longer distances and there was much more offer of paid services to enjoy than last season.”
Regarding tourists, the date concluded with a total of 1,320,000 tourists, which represented 20% less than the same holiday last year, because “in 2021 tourism had been overexploited due to the need to travel after so much time in confinement,” they explained. However, this year “the presence of international tourists” had a greater volume, they added.
In this way, tourists spent $37,305 million, 42.2% more than in 2021, at constant prices, so “although fewer people traveled, average daily spending tripled not only because of year-on-year inflation, but also because the largest distances travelled, events and other paid activities that were 100% available, forced more resources to be allocated to mini vacations”.
Thus, the average daily expenditure per person this year was $8,312, which was 207.9% higher than last year, “which at real prices implies an increase of 72.5%,” they noted.
In addition, each tourist averaged a stay of 3.4 days, “somewhat above 2021 (3.3 days), basically because the international visitor stayed longer and because the Patagonian destinations returned in full force, which are the ones that attract longer stays. “.
In the case of hikers, 1,887,600 people traveled with an average expenditure of $2,829 each, and “generated a direct economic impact of $5,341 million over the weekend“, they limited from CAME.
Also “rural tourism proposals were one of the protagonists of this XXL weekend, with offers throughout the country that were almost without quotas,” they highlighted.
Secondly, Mar del Plata continued to position itself as the first tourist choice in the countryaccording to the Chamber of the Atlantic Coast for Commercial Activities and Development (Cameco).
From Cameco they assured that the extra long weekend had a positive result with a “hotel occupancy of 90%”, and confirmed that “the city continues to position itself as the first tourist choice at a national level”.
At the same time, they predicted “a more than positive season” and highlighted that in recent days tourism generated a “gastronomic explosion” in the city, which was directly related to the 90% hotel occupancy rate and the 168,876 visitors who visited the city .
Coincidentally, from the Municipal Tourism Entity (Emtur) they maintained that 168,876 tourists arrived in that city, “a figure that marks 73% more income than in 2019 prior to the pandemic and shows that an excellent weekend ends.”
Source: Ambito
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