That is a serious publication like National Geographic has chosen Mendoza among the fifty best places in the world to know, is a major attraction but also a responsibility because you have to keep working to attract visitors. Tourism is one of the fastest growing activities in the province and is located in a prominent position in terms of foreign exchange earnings. The highest rating that a publication of prestige and seriousness of National Geographic gave Mendoza as a tourist destination, requires increased action taking place in the search to continue attracting tourists to our province. Much has been done in recent years in tourism, which has generated economic activity that has become a major source of income, but also needs to be done in different policy areas. One of them is to generate sufficient tourist culture in the bulk of the population, as happens elsewhere in the world and the country, and perhaps the best example is given with the treatment and consideration with Cordoba for visitors that province. Not long ago, Mendoza could only give visitors spectacular natural beauty. The Aconcagua mountain and were the center of attraction and activities began emerging in the South Zone, building dams and artificial lakes have been built there. With the passage of time, and also because of the economic crisis and the increase in value of the dollar, the Argentine began to discover inside. The province was able to capture this new situation and much of the initiative came from the private sector, especially the wine, wineries and built that conditioned dining and accommodation establishments themselves. Add to this the increased supply with Potrerillos dam construction and some infrastructure and adequate advertising campaign in major cities of the country joined. Moreover, Mendoza stopped being a port of Cordoba, puntanos or locals on their trips to Chile and now those tourists who head to the neighboring country, spend the night and stay in the province added. Mendoza, who had already been included among the eight major world capitals on the subject of wine, now added an important distinction. It was described by Traveler magazine, published by National Geographic, among 50 places to visit in the world and is among the top three in South America. He shared the prize with-among other places-Dublin, Ireland; Berlin, Germany; Florence, Italy; the Gobi Desert in China and Mongolia; Athens, Greece, or St. Petersburg, Russia, and also stands among the three great historical icons such as the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, or the Library of Congress in the United States. Good assessment of the province grew by the environment and ecological quality, social and cultural, archaeological conditions, aesthetic appeal, quality of tourism management and commitment to the future, as happened at the time to other destinations, such as Japan, Belgium or France. The jurors were struck combination of mountains with vineyards, green spaces, rivers and cultural and gastronomic activities. As stated in the information published by Los Andes, is not the first time that Mendoza occupies a privileged place alongside other recognized international cities, and the data is enhanced if one considers that it is the only place chosen from Argentina – even though our country has one of the world’s natural wonders, such as Niagara Iguazú- and one of four in Latin America, in a space shared with the Easter Island in Chile, with the national park Madidi, in Bolivia; Kuelap in Peru, and the South Georgia. While it is a distinction that generates pride Mendoza, also a responsibility for the future. Mendoza should continue its work incentive tourism, which should work jointly both official and private activity.
In the first case, generating enough-there dos infrastructure such as paving roads wine or improve services in high mountain-and what makes the private sector generating the necessary awareness among the people, so such that the tourist visiting Mendoza eager to go back.
