Hotel occupancy data for October published by INDEC confirmed a positive trend for the tourism sector. From the hotel room, Aldo Elias explained, too Channel Ethat the improvement started earlier than expected: “From mid-July, i.e. in the second half of the winter holidays, hotel activity and tourist activity in general began to improve.“.
The leader emphasized that the recovery continued in the second half of the year. “In August there was an improvement compared to our forecasts, in September there was exactly the same thing, and in October and November there was already a big change“, he noted, noting that November saw an even greater increase in tourist movements.
Buenos Aires, the coast and the interior increased activity
As for the most frequently chosen travel destinations, Elijah He explained the following: “In October, the work in the city of Buenos Aires was carried out very well“But there were also strong performances in other regions.”We worked very well on the coast and had good tourist traffic in Córdoba and some destinations in the south of Argentina“, he explained.
Looking ahead to the summer season, the outlook is encouraging. “I think we’re going to have surprises, that we’re going to have a much higher occupancy rate than we imagined or predicted.“, expected the industry leader. In particular, he emphasized the good development of the Atlantic coast: “Until the end of the year, the Atlantic coast is functioning very well, which has already been confirmed” and claimed that January could surpass the complex previous year.
Shorter stays and dynamic prices
Elijah He explained that tourist behavior has changed in recent years. “There are no longer long holidays, you take a maximum of a week or use two weekends together“, he indicated. In this sense he assessed it today. “A reasonable number of days is between four days and eight or nine days“, with several excursions throughout the year.
This new system, he pointed out, allows for more consistent activity: “This means that the off-season is significantly less pronounced than it was years ago.“.
Regarding prices, the market leader made it clear when explaining the logic of the sector: “The night you don’t sell, you have no way of getting it back“Therefore, the tariffs are adjusted depending on demand.”When there is greater demand, the prices increase; when there is no occupancy, the prices always decrease.“, he concluded
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