Praise for President Cristina Fernandez from UN World Tourism Organization
Argentine President Cristina Fernández underlined the importance of tourism as a sector able to “generate decent work and wealth across the entire country” on receiving the UNWTO/World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Open Letter on Tourism.
“The travel and tourism industry in Argentina makes an important contribution to the national economy and is a powerful path towards territorial development, given its ability to generate decent work and wealth across the entire country,” said President Fernández.
The President pointed to “economic development with social inclusion and the conservation of heritage” as the cornerstone of Argentina’s tourism policy. “We are driven by the vision of becoming South America’s tourism destination of reference for our diversity and quality of supply, based on the balanced development of the habitats and identities of our people” she added.
Meeting with the President Cristina Fernandez on occasion of the presentation of Argentina’s new Marketing Plan 2012-2015, UNWTO Secretary General, Taleb Rifai, and WTTC President & CEO, David Scowsill, presented an Open Letter, which calls on global leaders to support tourism as a driver of economic growth and development.
“International tourist arrivals to Argentina have almost doubled over the past decade making the country the most visited destination in South America, with international tourism accounting for over 5 billion dollars a year in exports,” said Mr. Rifai,
“This is due not only to the country’s enviable natural and cultural resources, but also thanks to the correct tourism policies and the political support awarded to the sector at the highest level. This was evidenced in 2010 when the President created the first Ministry of Tourism in Argentina, and again today on accepting the Open Letter.”
Mr. Scowsill said: “Latin America is a strong engine of growth to the global travel and tourism industry. The new Marketing Plan for Argentina will ensure that Argentina is one of the leading destinations driving this growth. It was an honor to meet with President Cristina Fernández. Her acceptance of the Open Letter underlines Argentina’s commitment to support the development of the travel and tourism industry.”
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and still the Falklands remain British :)
SELF-DETERMINATION!!
Smart move for Argentina, and of course, CFK.
Massive expansion of the tourist industry is what has saved post-soviet Cuba.
Their well educated and skilled population are able to make much more $$$ in the tourist trade.
Great way to bring in foreign $$$.
However, the government maintains strict control of currency. All tourist transactions must be in Convertable Pesos. The locals can not exchange other currencies to the regular Cuban Peso, except on the black market.
Let's wait and see what this year brings with the pesos on the back foot nobody who does arrive will want them. Ahhh! I see a cunning plan coming!
TMBOA will announce very shortly that ALL USD carried by anyone arriving at an International Gate will HAVE to convert ALL their dollars to pesos to get into the country!
This marvellous plan will enable TMBOA to steal even more from the kitty and the visitors will be able to say they helped!
LOL
seldetermination: OK, if like britains, good, very good, but land is ARGENTINA, time, rimember time. chunkle, chunkle...
Well at my age it's a case of memories only! :o)
Apart from Argentina's 'enviable natural and cultural resources' (not down to CFK), what is she praised for by the UN tourism group?
(i) A new Marketing Plan for Argentina and
(ii) presidential political support for tourism through a new (2010) Ministry of Tourism.
Let us hope that, in the absence of a World Cup or an Olympics, that this is sufficient to stave off collapse of her country.
The amount of tourists that arrived in Argentina during July dropped 7.5 percent compared to the same month in 2011, and totalled 215,511 people, while the Argentine citizens that travelled abroad climbed 20.2 percent, according to a government report.
The Indec national statistics bureau said that the expense of tourists was of 295.3 million dollars, dropping 7.6 percent in the seventh month of the year.
Meanwhile, Argentine tourists' expenses abroad reached 276.2 million dollars, 25.9 percent higher than the volume registered in the same month last year.
The information is gathered from the arrivals and departures at Ezeiza and Jorge Newbery airports, which are the main routes of access route to Argentina.
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