Overview
- CAME reported that 1,490,400 tourists traveled during the Oct. 9–12 long weekend, a 3.5% rise year‑on‑year, and direct tourism receipts reached $313,610 million.
- Average length of stay fell from 2.0 to 1.8 days, a 10% drop that CAME identified as the main cause of a 2.2% real decline in total spending.
- Daily spending rose to $116,900 per tourist, a 5% real increase after adjusting for 22.1% inflation, so higher per‑day outlays did not offset shorter visits.
- Regional festivals and nature attractions concentrated demand and lifted occupancy in places like Mendoza, Santa Fe and Bariloche while weather and the closed Paso Cristo Redentor limited some road and international flows.
- Families face high travel costs — UADE estimated a family of four needed about $1,072,600 for bus and lodging — and many bookings were last‑minute or financed by credit, a pattern that favors short, near trips and may limit future local spending; the eight long weekends of 2026 have already moved about 12.94 million tourists and roughly $3.4 trillion in aggregate impact.