Within the framework of the 25th International Tourism Fair 2021 (FIT), held at La Rural in Buenos Aires, José María Arrúa, Minister of Tourism of Misiones, highlighted the presence and accompaniment of Governor Oscar Herrera Ahuad at the event. In addition, he stated that the main objective of participating in the FIT is to achieve new “investments and more employment” for the province.
The head of the Tourism portfolio emphasized the important work carried out by the entire tourism sector in the province to achieve an economic recovery after being severely affected by the pandemic and its restrictions. Along the same lines, he highlighted the support of Governor Oscar Herrera Ahuad.
“This FIT is key, it is a relaunch of the activity and for us the presence of the Governor at the stand of Misiones has an extremely exemplary importance, for that reason we wanted to thank him for always accompanying us,” said Arrúa during the conference he gave in the company of the provincial agent.
It should be noted that the delegation of Misiones was led by Governor Oscar Herrera Ahuad and the Minister of Tourism of Misiones, José María Arrúa, more municipal leaders and some thirty businessmen from the private sector of missionary tourism, especially invited by the provincial State, who were Participate in the inaugural event on Saturday, which will run until December 7.
During the exhibition, Arrúa recalled that the Iguazu Falls celebrated its 10th anniversary on November 11 as one of the Wonders of the World and in that regard, he pointed out that “the Cataratas effect” contributes to generating tourism not only at the provincial level, but also also at the national level.
In this sense, he mentioned that the province’s objective is to position the Iguazu Falls as an important point of world tourism, arguing that “Misiones have State policies, and tourism is one of them.”
“The Falls has that situation that when you face its majesty, you see the immensity of nature and it makes one get excited, that is why the wonder effect is an effect on the emotionality that it provokes and that is what we will show. Because it is not only a tourist site, but an aspirational life”, Arrúa expressed at the 2021 International Tourism Fair.
Growth in the Iguazú Park
Regarding figures, the official indicated during the presentation that the income to the Iguazú Park, increased in the last 10 years an average of 9% year-on-year.
“This for us is a sustainable number, we could have reached a peak of more than 30% in 2011 we were at 1,224,000 and we reached 2019 with 1,635,000, the increase was progressive because it is the way in which we can serve the demands ”, he detailed.
In this sense, he specified the data on the origin of the tourists who visited the park where there was a trend of growth in tourism from Europe and countries bordering Argentina.
“The projection for 2021 is that in the next few days we will exceed the numbers of 2020. Although that year we were closed, we had the best summer season of 2019-2020 and that makes us believe that next year will have a greater projection ”, he commented.
Other points that he highlighted in terms of numbers were the overnight levels, which also registered progressive growth, since in 2011 this exceeded one million and in 2019 it exceeded 2 million.
In that sense, he explained that as a result of the increase in accommodation, places were added, which meant that in the same number of years, they went from 8 thousand places to 11 thousand.
Misiones at the 25th International Tourism Fair 2021
Arrúa stated that the presence of Misiones at the 25th International Tourism Fair 2021 has as its main objective to achieve “investments and employment.” Currently only in Puerto Iguazú, the tourism sector generates 15 thousand jobs directly and indirectly.
“That is understanding the importance of tourism and understanding why in Misiones it is State policy,” he stressed.