More of In April, 580,000 foreign tourists entered Argentina. That’s 2% more than the same period in 2019 and the first to surpass pre-pandemic numbers. Global attendance has now reached $418 million.
The data comes from a report by the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports It stated that a total of 585,323 tourists represented global income of $418 million, also higher than 2019 figures. In addition, according to the portfolio managed by Matías Lammens, In the first four months of the year, 4,555,511 foreign visitors entered the country, including 2,529,326 tourists who stayed at least one night in Argentina and those visitors spent $2 billion in that four-month period.
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So far in 2023, More than 257,000 American tourists entered the country, a number 16% better than pre-pandemic records, and spent $271 million. The United States is the trans-regional market that brings most tourists to Argentina. They rank fourth in the ranking of foreign tourists entering the country at 11.4% of the total, beating historically fertile markets like Paraguay, Bolivia and Spain.
Next to, Argentina is the only South American country authorized by China to receive its tourists under a pilot program the Asian country launched to boost Chinese tourism worldwide. The initiative is for tourism agencies to gradually resume group travel abroad for Chinese citizens. The list of countries eligible for Chinese group tourism consists of Argentina, Thailand, Indonesia, Cuba, Cambodia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa and Russia, Switzerland, Hungary, New Zealand and Fiji.
“We regained the capacity to absorb tourism very quickly, you can see that on the streets, in the shops and restaurants of the city of Buenos Aires and the main tourist destinations in the country. We have managed to be the region’s leader in terms of tourist arrivals.” “The role played by Aerolíneas Argentinas was key to this success,” said Lammens.
He added: “Our flagship airline has added flights and frequencies that manage to attract thousands of tourists from the region, Spain, Italy and the United States. We are confident that we will have a great winter season with very important attendance figures.”
“We have managed to turn tourism into the engine for job and business creation across the country. First we did it by boosting domestic tourism, and now we’re doing it with international tourism,” stressed Lammens.
Where do the tourists who come to Argentina come from?
Regarding the origin of the visitors is the The largest supplier is Chile with 21.2%, followed by Uruguay with 16.1%, then Brazil with 15.1%, the United States with 10.1%, Paraguay with 7.2%, Bolivia 3.6%, Spain 3.0%, France 2.1%, Peru 2.0%, Germany: 2.0%, United Kingdom 1.9%, Colombia 1.8%, Italy 1.7%, Canada 1.6% and Mexico: 1.3%.
The number of tourists arriving from Chile, Uruguay, the United States, Canada and Mexico is already higher than in 2019. 49.2% of these tourists entered the country by land, 34.4% by air and 16 .4% by river or sea.
The main point of entry was Ezeiza with 21.9% of the revenue, then Aeroparque with 9.3%, the Port of Buenos Aires with 8.7%, the Tancredo Neves International Bridge 6.6%, El Paso Gualeguaychú-Fray Bentos 5.9 % and the Cristo Redentor Pass 5.2%.