Far from being only during the Harvest season, Mendoza It receives a wide variety of tourists 365 years, at all hours, 24/7 as they say. Gabriela Testa, the current president of Emetur, explained that the province works hard to improve year after year the offer of direct international routes as well as the efforts to expand the Francisco Gabrielli International Airport They are underway.
Consulted on air in MDZ Radio 105.5 FMTesta pointed out that “after Córdoba, we are the airport of the interior of the country with greater air movement. But at the same time, Mendoza, of all the inland provinces, is the one that receives the most foreign tourists. That is proven. With these statistics we are in permanent contact with airlines to increase the offer of flights.”
In this context, he assured that “we had a meeting with the Secretary of Transportation of the Nation for two reasons: that Mendoza is part of the requests to open new air routes within the framework of an open skies policy that this Government has; and to also support the expansion and renovation of the El Plumerillo airport so that it is also feasible to receive new flights.
With several markets already established, the search to elevate Mendoza’s position in the eyes of international tourism is constant. “We are raising our hands all the time,” explained Testa, who then went deeper: “Mendoza has one of the best tourism prospects nationwide. We have carried out nearly 40 actions in a very short time in government.” Even at the beginning of the second half of 2024, it is known that Gol Airlines will increase weekly frequencies between Mendoza and San Pablo from 4 to 6.
About the possible extension of the main airport of Cuyo, the president of Emetur indicated that “there are moments where the airport It is saturated, everyone who travels knows it. The plan is to expand about 5,000 square meters further to the north and it would not affect the operation of the airportunlike the expansion that was carried out in 2016.” On that occasion and for several months, the referrals were made to San Juan and San Rafael. Now, this would not happen.
Finally, days before what will be two long weekends separated by just two business days, Testa gave a brief review of the current situation with Chile and Brazil: “With Chile we have a permanent and equal exchange, the exchange rate only It has made us lose that ‘supermarket’ tourist who came very often in 2023. With Brazil we have very fluid movement. It is a segment with high purchasing power so it is not affected by the high exchange rate. We have a lot of European tourism: on a trip. We appear in Latin America because we are between two capitals, Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile.”
