Visits to wineries and vineyards along the Mendoza river rafting listed in the top ranking of the most requested activities for tourists visiting our province. The high mountain hiking and horseback riding in the Andes ranks second among the preferences by visitors, the vast majority are from Buenos Aires and Santa Fe. Places below other excursions, as Villavicencio appear Canyon Atuel and City Tour. Within unconventional rides tourist agencies sell a smaller scale are high mountains along the old route to Chile, and the Ghostly City Paramillos, combining mountain tourism and mining, said Adrian Iankelewich, owner of the company Huentata Services Travel. As for favorite activities, adventure travel is the most popular for those seeking adrenaline Mendoza full range. Although also the canopy and mountain biking are not far behind among the likes of nature lovers. Most of the foreign tourists who trod ground Mendoza came not only for the wine roads but mainly attracted by the Aconcagua. In a balance sheet held in January this year compared to that month in 2011, the tourism entrepreneur said sales fell 20% local excursions. This decrease was attributed to the proliferation of tourism service providers who work without government authorization. In the same vein, Edward Andia, Sepean Tourism, said this season lowered sales volume despite the tourist movement is similar to last year. However, Augusto Durán, Argentina Rafting Expeditions manager this season comes in handy, the balance is positive, and we have received both national tourists, Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Santa Fe, as foreigners from Europe and United States . And for this month estimates that increased demand for adventure tourism services. From the Business Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Mendoza, Tito Cellar, said that hotel occupancy indicators are good and believes this trend will increase in February.
Source: Journal One
