One of the tourist destinations present at the 25th International Tourism Fair 2021 (FIT), held in Buenos Aires autonomous city, is Mina Clavero, one of the wonders of Argentina. Ariel Panella, secretary of tourism of the destination, expressed his joy at being able to participate once again in the FIT and highlighted the importance of programs such as the PreViaje (Pre-Trip), to help the recovery of the sector.
From December 4 to 7, a new edition of the 2021 International Tourism Fair will take place in Buenos Aires, with the participation of more than 40 countries from all over Latin America. Each province presents a stand with the most outstanding tourist destinations or attractions and the activities it has to offer. Mina Clavero presents its River as its main attraction, which was recognized as one of the 7 wonders of the country.
“Here we are with great joy presenting ourselves once again at this International Tourism Fair,” said Ariel Panella, Mina Clavero secretary of tourism in dialogue with Misiones Online.
In addition they promote the wide variety of tourism activities they have to offer, Panella said. He indicated that they offer water activities within the beaches, hiking and mountains such as cycle tourism, condor warning and also have proposals such as skydiving for those who want to bet on spending an afternoon doing high-impact activities.
Panella recalled that these types of events are a great opportunity to expose to the public everything that the tourist destination has to offer, and especially close to the coming summer season and considering the epidemiological situation experienced in recent months and which affected the entire tourism sector.
“In Córdoba in particular we were closed for a lot of months and from mid-September to here that it began to recover, tourism is giving us revenge and we are very hopeful as a result of what happened last long weekend and what that we have in reserves for the month of January and February. We are very hopeful with what may come in the summer of 2022, ”he said.
And he thanked the National Government for its commitment to help the sector recover after this epidemiological context. “We managed to get more than 100 accommodations in our destinations to be included in the Pre Trip program,” he said.
For this summer season 2021-202, of the 85% occupancy they have in tourist reservations within Mina Clavero, 62% are thanks to the pre-trip program, Panella explained and explained, “This is why this program was very important to us.”
“From Mina Clavero we have the best categorized hotels, with an increase of between 35 and 40% compared to last season and those of the lowest category do not reach 30% of this increase, with which in both cases we are well below the inflation cycle this year. So all the natural things we have to offer, plus the pre-trip and also that we are a cheap destination, I think it is a combo of possibilities that will allow many Argentines to visit Mina Clavero,” Panella finally assured.