ARGENTINA Closes 2007 with record in tourist reception

Source: TravelLatinAmerica.com
01.04.2008

According to the entity Buenos Aires Turismo, this year will close with a record number of tourists that arrived in the city of Buenos Aires to spend at least a week, accommodated in four and five-star hotels, enjoying the gastronomy, shopping, football and tango. Some 2.3 million foreigners arrived (200,000 more than in 2006) that spent US$517 per day. When the summer season will have concluded, nearly 99 ships, with more than 140,000 tourists will have arrived.

Andes Lineas Aereas will operate charter flights to Brazil
Andes Lineas Aereas purchased a MD83 from the USA as part of its flight expansion plan. The aircraft with a capacity for 165 passengers is at a regulation and registration stage, after which it will begin to operate charter flights to Brazil.

Inaugurates hotel complex in March 2008
On March 30th, 2008, the complex Hotel Internacional Los silos, Casino Santa Fe, the Ribera Shopping Mall, Los Maderos Convention Center and the Los Mulles Cultural Center will be inaugurated. The Argentine companies Grainco and Boldt and the Spanish company Inverama are constructing this complex in the port of this capital, with a US$50 million investment.

Hotel opening
With a US$600,000 investment, the hotel Club de las Naciones will open its doors next month. The establishment which is located in the heart of the port's city center, on the Corrientes Avenue, will have eight suites and a private lounge.

The Llao Llao completed its expansion works
Llao Llao Hotel & Resort golf-Spa inaugurated the total amount of its new rooms which make up the brand-new Moreno Wing, whose first stage, three of the six modules, was opened at the end of November to receive the participants of the XIX Edition of the 1000 Millas Sport de la Republica Argentina.

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