Down but not out: Argentine tourist destinations highly valued by foreign visitors - Buenos Aires Herald

While Argentina has lost some ground as an international tourist destination, a recent report found that visitors to the country highlight and recommend local tourist attractions.

This research, conducted by the Interdisciplinary Institute of Political Economy (IIEP) of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), analyzed more than 330,000 English-language posts from TripAdvisor’s Argentina forum.

Comments reflect the true geography of Argentine tourism: the City of Buenos Aires (CABA) accounts for 73% of the posts, and Patagonia, 13.9%. The three remaining regions (North, Litoral, and Cuyo) together make up just over 13%.

This imbalance has a structural root. According to data from the think tank Fundar, Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires City and the Buenos Aires province), Córdoba, and Río Negro account for 64% of overnight stays in the country.

“For Cuyo, the North, and the Litoral region, the results should be interpreted as indicative rather than as statistically precise measurements equivalent to those for the City of Buenos Aires or Patagonia,” explained the IIEP (Institute of Economic and Political Research).