Argentina attracting more tourists while less Argentines travelling overseas

Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

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The number of incoming tourists to Argentina is increasing month after month since the drastic devaluation of the local currency, while outgoing tourism has dropped significantly. According to the latest release from the country's stats office, Indec, 224.000 tourists arrived in Argentina during August, 7.4% more than a year ago, while residents travelling overseas dropped 11.9%, to 335.300. Read full article

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Enrique Massot
Not only Argentines are travelling less abroad. They are reducing holiday trips within the country as well. Come to think of it, president Mauricio Macri is nonetheless making a great contribution to the reduction of climate change by forcing his country people to consume less.

Nobody can say Macri did not warn citizens: he told them to keep their coats when inside their homes, even before he unleashed wild energy bills increases that has now made everybody obsessed with turning off the lights.

Where is David Suzuki when we need him?
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