The Buenos Aires governor, Axel Kicilloflaunched the Sol a Sol Operation 2024/25 which seeks to increase the security of the different tourist towns on the Buenos Aires coast, facing the summer season. With an act from Miramar (General Alvarado’s party), the president vindicated the work of the provincial state and criticized the national government’s lack of investment in tourism: “We launched this Sol a Sol Operation, which is a record in deployment of security, health and transportation, to tell “Everyone, the province of Buenos Aires awaits you with open arms,”
“There are no policies that encourage consumption, You are invited to buy things produced elsewhere and spend your summers abroad.“added Kicillof. Among other details, the operation will deploy 25,000 troopsin addition to mobiles, patrol cars, trucks, quadricycles, helicopters and so on. “We need a Buenos Aires summer, with ours, for ours and inviting everyone to want to come,” said Kicillof.
Axel Kicillof inaugurated Operativo Sol for summer 2025
In his inauguration speech, Kicillof referred to what was done by the province of Buenos Aires in terms of public works and state intervention in contrast to Milei’s management, which according to the Buenos Aires governor “did not build a single sewer.” In this sense, he explained that the province invested “US$280 million dollars“.
In reference to Operation Sol, it will have some 25,000 police officers, 200 patrol cars, 150 vans and 600 motorcycles, prevention and care tasks for tourists on the Atlantic coast, mountains and lakes. In addition, the Tourist Attention Service (SAT)which will include 20 prevention and health care posts in 11 municipalities of the provincewith specialized medical personnel, 50 ambulances, a medical helicopter and other resources.
“All countries in the world invest in national tourism. Only the Milei government does not do it” Kicillof assured when announcing the province’s proposal for the summer season.
Then, the Buenos Aires president analyzed: “There is right all over the worldwhat there is not is governments without empathy with the national. All governments promote the national. We need a Buenos Aires summer, with ours, for ours and inviting everyone to come.”
After the event in Miramar, which will take place around noon, the provincial leader will then move to Mar del Plata, to lead the inauguration of the Monitoring and Expansion Room of the Telephone Service Center (CAT) of the 911 emergency number, located in the Juan Vucetich Complex.
Summer 2025: the province launches activities for the entire public
During the season, the Ministry of Production, Science and Technological Innovation will have a presence with two ReCreo inns in Villa Gesell and Miramar, which will offer from January 4 more than 20 daily activities for all audiences among which are dance classes and sports workshops, in addition to providing umbrellas, lounge chairs and bathrooms.
There will also be a traveling truck that will tour the popular festivals of the different municipalities offering regional products, activities and games for the whole family.
The Minister of Production, Science and Technological Innovation said: “All actors in the Buenos Aires tourism sector know of the abandonment and absence of the national government when it comes to generating policies for the sector,” and added: “We work a lot together with each municipality to have the best possible season and, fundamentally, to guarantee each of the tourists the rest and recreation they deserve.”
For his part, the Cultural Institute will carry out a program of more than 600 performances and shows in different tourist spots that will guarantee access to culture and generate employment for more than 1,000 artists from the Province. The proposals include musical and theatrical shows, comedy events, workshops, reading series and exhibitions for children.
For her part, the Secretary of Culture of Buenos Aires, Florence Saintout He detailed: “We arrived at summer in a very difficult time for our culture, the product of a national government that defunded its governing bodies and that attacks and persecutes artists”, and indicated: “The season will have a pcomprehensive cultural proposal because in the province we have a Governor who starts from a totally opposite perspective and is convinced that culture is work, it is investment and it is an essential right linked to meeting and rest.”
The province of Buenos Aires carries out repairs on provincial routes for the 2025 summer season
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Services of Buenos Aires confirmed that it is carrying out works in the provincial routes 2, 11, 56 and the Buenos Aires – La Plata Highway within the framework of the preview of the summer season. In this way, the Buenos Aires government seeks to improve circulation to benefit thousands of people who travel these roads to the Atlantic Coast and Mar del Plata.
In total, The 5 works cross 4 municipalities and cover a total of 258.7km. The work focuses on the transformation into a highway, repaving, new distributors and other complementary interventions to enhance the environment and signage.
The tasks are controlled by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Services of Buenos Aires, through Provincial Roads and AUBASA. In total, work is being sought on 258.7km to prepare the highways to receive the thousands of cars that will travel towards the Atlantic Coast.
Regarding the spare parts, the Minister of Infrastructure and Public Services of the Province of Buenos Aires, Gabriel Katopodisdetailed: “We are making a very important investment in the province of Buenos Aires to put the routes of the Atlantic Corridor in good condition” and then added: “With great responsibility, together with Roads and AUBASA, we are doing the necessary works in the Route 56, 2, 11 and the Buenos Aires – La Plata Highway so that families have the rest they deserve.”
“This road infrastructure is key because it speaks of development, tourism, but also security and the economy since thousands of Argentinians move along these routes and decide to go to the Buenos Aires coast,” he concluded.
Source: Ambito
