Argentina urges MERCOSUR to promote tourism

 Argentina urges MERCOSUR to promote tourism

Argentina's Minister of Tourism and Sports Matías Lammens has called on member states of the South American Common Market (MERCOSUR - including Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) to promote tourism activities to support the process. reactivation of the regional economy in the post-Covid-19 era.

Ushuaia city, a famous tourist destination of Argentina. (Photo: Touropia)

According to Argentina's Minister of Tourism and Sports, by the time the Covid-19 epidemic is over, the demand for tourism to discover nature will increase, while countries in Latin America have the advantage of ecotourism. thai.

Emphasizing that the tourism industry must become one of the engines of economic development in the region, Lammens affirmed that MERCOSUR member countries need to develop a common plan to promote tourism products in markets. different, like Europe, China and America.

The Argentine government has reached a $33 million deal with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to develop infrastructure in ecotourism destinations, according to an Argentine official.

The tourism industry accounted for nearly 10% of Argentina's GDP and attracted more than one million workers in this South American country before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out.