Tourism is one of the most important dynamic activities for the world economy. According to UN Tourism, the most important international organization in the sector, indicates that for decades it has represented continuous growth and deep diversification, becoming one of the fastest growing sectors in the world. At the same time, global tourism is closely related to development and a growing number of new destinations are included in it.
A report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development points out that the pandemic directly affected the tourism industry, implying a loss of more than four trillion dollars in global GDP during the years 2020 and 2021.
For example, in Argentina between USD 3,000 million and USD 4,000 million were lost in 24 months. A true catastrophe for businessmen and workers in the sector.
After four years of the pandemic, the levels of incoming tourism continue to recover, and in turn, promoting public policies to continue promoting domestic tourism, with direct measures for the middle social strata of Argentina.
The program is promoted by the Ministry of Tourism, Sports and Environment, headed by Daniel Scioli. Simple Fee which allows the population to finance their vacations with a credit card in 3 and 6 fixed installments over a period of 90 days.
Another country in the region that also promoted measures to strengthen domestic tourism was Mexico. Through the National Tourism Promotion Fund – FONATUR – new strategies for tourism investment were designed, assisting provincial and regional governments to improve the competitiveness of the sector. Accompanied by robust public investment from the central government.
For its part, in Chile, the guide “Tourism Doing Business-Investing in Chile”. It was launched in December of last year together with the World Tourism Organization-UNWTO-, and consists of a tool that offers information and guidance on the advantages and conditions of foreign direct investment, highlighting the main attributes of the country as a tourist destination. and highlighting, for example, the free market and diversified economy, in addition to the mechanisms to support innovation and the advanced infrastructure of the territory..
The design of a joint agenda between the public and private sectors is essential to strengthen the definitive recovery of the tourism sector that allows increasing investments and strengthening public policies aimed at the middle sectors.
Honorary BRICS+ Ambassador to Argentina
Source: Ambito
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