The main attraction of Misiones province this morning will receive its visitor number 1 million in 2011. Domestic tourism of Argentina has contributed to get this large number of visitors. The reconfiguration of the calendar of holidays helped a lot as well.
While tour operators worldwide bite their nails at the pace of the international crisis and rebounds, the main destination and activity thermometer of Misiones province continues to grow. According to estimates by the company Iguazu Argentina, concessionaire services within the Iguazu Falls area, come morning visitor number one million.
Beyond color chronicling the arrival will merit the lucky tourist who breaks emblematic figure, the data is representative of others in the industry in today Missions: be the first time in history to reach the Iguazu Falls missing nearly a million visitors a week to the end of October.
In the second half of December 2007, became the Iguazu National Park Argentina first to reach the barrier of one million tourists a year. The activity continued to grow and four years later less than 10 months were enough to reach the same point.
This year, domestic tourism, followed by Mercosur, was what brought more visitors. As recognized from the sector, the reconfiguration of national holidays, accounting for more long weekends, proved positive for the sector. The mini carnival holiday, one of the dates added this year, scored one of the highest points for the destination: in a single weekend 25 thousand visitors entered.
Guarded prognosis to the Iguazu Falls
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Operators are confident that category this year will exceed Falls record of tourists reached in 2010, however, are reluctant to anticipate medium-term forecasts. Factors such as flight irregularities (caused by ash from the volcano Puyehue), the vagaries of the real and the impact that the international crisis may have on tourism markets, any prediction difficult.
Volcanologists consulted by means of Puyehue Mendoza indicated that ash could continue filling the air for up to ten years, or it could quit today. Entrepreneurs are not clear how this phenomenon would influence Iguazu. On the one hand could benefit because, unable to reach by air to destinations in Patagonia, part of the flow of tourists that visit that destination may be heading toward Iguazu Falls.
On the other hand, if uncertainty remains regarding the possibility of arriving by air to the south, may determine to reduce the entry of foreign visitors to Argentina, and thus also suffer falls.
The devaluation of the real fear is another sector. It happens that the more depreciated the Brazilian currency in relation to weight, the more expensive for the people of this country to buy in Argentina, more even taking into account the high inflation of the country.
Far from this pessimistic reading, Eduardo Quiroga, director of the company Iguazu Argentina, found that changes in Brazil could generate a positive impact on tourism of the province. It found that lower costs in dollars, international tourism will grow strongly in the neighboring country. “We know that the foreign visitor who arrives in Brazil, usually visit the falls from both the Argentine and Brazilian side. The statistics show that all foreigners who come to visit Puerto Iguazu Foz also, “he said.
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