In the midst of a challenging scenario for the national tourismArgentina announced its participation and representation in the 45th edition of the International Tourism Fair (FITUR), which will take place in 2025 in the IFEMA property, located in the city of Madrid. It was anticipated that the king of Spain, Felipe VI will visit the Argentine stand.
The event will take place between January 21 and 23 and, although the invited country is Brazil, a large delegation made up of officials from the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Sports will travel to Spain, representatives from 13 provinces, leaders of six chambers of the sector and seven businessmen linked to tourism activities. In addition to the business rounds, the Argentine representatives will guard the national stand in an event that brings together almost 10,000 companies and 150,000 professionals from 145 countries.
With the aim of promoting the Argentina as an international tourist destinationthe delegation has scheduled its participation in the XXVIII Ibero-American Conference of Ministers and Entrepreneurs of Tourism (CIMET); an official hearing with the Secretary General of UN TourismZurab Pololikashviili; meetings on the application of Artificial Intelligence in tourism; a regional brand presentation event Latin America and the Caribbean; and the announcement of an electric ship and investments in the river terminal in Buenos Aires.
This is the report of International Tourism Statistics (ETI) corresponding to November, in which it was revealed that during said period they entered 855,000 non-resident visitors along all access routes to the country; of which 505,100 were tourists and 349,900 were hikerswhich translates into a decrease of 29.2%.
On the other side of the road, last month the temporary departure of Argentines from the country reached 1,168,100 trips, of which 662,300 thousand were tourists and 505,800 were hikers, a growth of 64%.
On the side of hikers, that is, those who do not spend the night during their stay, Visits to Argentine territory decreased by 40% last month and trips abroad increased by 102.3%.
He 58.2% of incoming tourism came from neighboring countries. Brazil contributed the most, with 20.8%, followed by Chile (14.9%) and Uruguay (13.5%).
According to the report, 49% of non-resident tourists arrived in Argentina by air; while 39.8% used the land route; and the remaining 11.3% arrived by river/sea.
Something similar happened with trips abroad as with inbound tourism, since the main destinations were neighboring ones. Chile was the most chosen with 23.9%, followed by Brazil, with 19.3%; and Paraguay, with 13.1%.
47.3% of resident tourists left the country by land; 43.6%, by air; and 9.1%, through the river/sea route.
In total, a negative balance of 313,200 visitors international flights through all access routes to the country, due to the negative balances of 157,200 tourists and of 155,900 hikers.
Source: Ambito
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