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Testa also referred to a agreement between Coviar and EMETURfor statistics linked to the world of tourism and wine.
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The news about international flights to Brazil was announced by the director of the Mendoza Tourism Authority (Emetur) Gabriela Testa.
Increase in air frequencies between Mendoza and Brazil
Testa confirmed that Gol Airlines will increasein July and August, two daily frequencies for Mendoza and São Paulo, Brazil.
“Brazil It is not the largest international tourist market, that place is still for Chile, but it is the one that leaves more economic impact due to the level of expenses that these people make in Mendoza”
Testa stated that on a visit to Mendoza, Gol manager Marcelo Acosta said that they already had their flights between Mendoza and San Pablo at 90%, since the winter season is the one most chosen by Brazilians to travel to Mendoza.
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Gol Airlines, the Brazilian airline, will expand the San Pablo – Mendoza route from 4 to 6 weekly frequencies for the winter season.
“We are happy that airlines have a way to respond to an increase in demand,” said the head of EMETUR, who highlighted that a tourist consumes in all areas, not only in the exclusive area of wine tourism.
It is not known what will happen with the flight from Lima to Mendoza
Regarding the journey Lima Mendoza, of the Latam airline, there is still no confirmation of whether it will continue standing or not. According to Testa, no news regarding this has been made official.
What happens with this flight, according to Testa, is that Latam not only maintains it for tourism to Mendoza, but because it is a link for tourists from Peru to make connections with other destinations. international, so it is not certain that he will be unsubscribed.
Agreement with private companies for wine tourism
The official also commented that in order to To promote wine tourism in Mendoza, 40 promotional actions have already been carried out in conjunction with local tourism entrepreneurs.
They were currently in Córdoba promoting the Chachingo Wine Fest event in which not only the Vigil winery will participate, but also opens the doors to smaller wineries.
Besides, Testa stated that Emetur signed an agreement with the Argentine Wine Corporation (Coviar) to share statistical data.
“We signed an agreement with Coviar to establish work guidelines that enrich the tourist observatories of both organizations,” said the official and gave some details.
“We – for the Emetur- We have an observatory in which we analyze the behavior of each tourism product, one of them is wine tourism. We are going to agree to have statistical data on an economic activity that is so important for Mendoza,” said the director of the organization.
This implies that, while the Coviar observatory analyzes data more related to sales, EMETUR concentrates on the profile of the tourist: what products they choose, how much money they invest in Mendoza, are some of the aspects to review.
