The summer of 2023 broke records with 33.8 million tourists across the country. This figure is an increase of 4.6% compared to last year. Besides that, translated into an economic impact of 1.3 trillion pesos12.4% more than in 2022 in the same period.
The data comes from the latest Tourism sector report from the Argentine Confederation of Medium Enterprises (CAME). “An unprecedented number of popular celebrations and eventsand especially the professionalization of this activity,” the text details.
Between the second half of December and the end of February, Nearly 34 million tourists choose to vacation in local destinations, with an average stay of 4.1 days, slightly less than the 4.6 days in the 2022 season. On the other hand, the average daily spend is $9,259, real year-over-year increase of 18.4%.
Mar del Plata receives one and a half million tourists
foreign tourism
COME explain it “Summer’s surprise is international tourists, which is not limited to the most popular cities, but even reaches the most hidden cities”.
“There are immigrants in all the cities. Small and large; with beaches, mountains, and valleys; with history, traditions and festivals”, highlighting business entities. The economic impact is estimated at USD 1.3 billionlevels similar to pre-pandemic.
It is estimated that foreign tourists far exceed one and a half million arrivalsespecially from neighboring countries like Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay and Chilealthough significant tributaries from throughout Latin America and Europe are also recorded.
The nationality of the majority of foreign tourists consists of the following countries:
- Chile: 21.5%
- Brazil: 16.3%
- Uruguay: 13.3%
- United States: 11%
- Paraguay: 7.4%
- Bolivia: 4.6%
- Spain: 2.5%
- Germany: 2.1%
- France: 2%
- United Kingdom: 2%
Bariloche is the most visited place in Argentina
Most visited place
The most chosen destination, in the average summer season, is San Carlos de Bariloche, Mendoza, Córdoba, Salta, Puerto Iguazú, El Calafate, Ushuaia, Trelew/Madryn, Tucumán and Mar del Plata.
However, there were strong variations over the surveyed period. For example, the city of Córdoba is the preferred one during the traditional folklore festival in January. Something similar happened in the cities of Entre Ríos, Corrientes, Salta and Jujuy in the February carnival.
Major milestones of the season
- More than 16 million people visit the province of Buenos Aires4.2% more than in 2022 and 29.2% more than in 2019.
- According to the City Tourism Board, Mar del Plata received 1,503,000 tourists during the month of January12.3% more than last year: the highest number of arrivals for that month since records were kept.
- Passenger history records for January for Jujuy, San Carlos de Bariloche and El Calafate airports.
- In the first month of this year, nearly 2.5 million people fly across the countrybeyond post-pandemic numbers.
- Record the number of cruise passengers during January: 180 thousand tourists entered the ports of Buenos Aires, Chubut and Tierra del Fuego, exceeding pre-pandemic levels by 10%.
- Record tourist season for Misiones and a movement that excels pre-pandemic in Mendoza.
- Full occupancy at destinations in Córdoba and Beaches during the extra long Carnival weekend. With nearly three million national tourists, that is the highest number since the holiday recovery in 2011.
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