The Minister of Tourism of Neuquén, Sandro Badilla, stated that “it was demonstrated with the very good records after the winter holidays, that sports tourism shows contribute to Neuquén continuing to grow in terms of occupancy.”
Badilla added that September begins this weekend with “very important events because in addition to showing Neuquén to the world and the country, the competitors come with their teams, their families and companions, a factor that spills over into hotels, gastronomy and the rest of the businesses of the destinations”.
In this regard, he indicated that the Snowshoe World Championship began today in Caviahue, an event that will bring together more than 300 athletes from 12 countries until Saturday, while in Villa Pehuenia-Moquehue the running competition will be held on the weekend. “K21 Series”.
In addition, in the circuit of the fences of the city of Neuquén, the Argentinian Motocross Championship will be held between September 3 and 4, and in the town of Plottier the qualifying golf tournament will culminate, where the best player will participate in the PGA Tour Latin America in San Martin de los Andes.
To conclude, the minister stated that “it is a great winter for the province of Neuquén”, and pointed out that “the large quantity and quality of snow that we have in our mountain range makes us predict that the season will last at least until the end of September, early October.
According to data released by the Ministry of Tourism, between July and August, the tourist movement in the province left income for more than 15,900 million pesos.
This is a total of 181,000 people who visited Neuquén destinations, of which 99,000 were concentrated in the four winter destinations (San Martín de los Andes, Villa La Angostura; Villa Pehuenia – Moquehue and Caviahue).
Source: Ambito
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