As part of tending to attract the Upper Valley region of Neuquen and Rio Black, a delegation from the town of San Rafael-Mendoza, public tourism shares reached Neuquén and deployed its varied services.
San Rafael, located in the center of the Province of Mendoza, promoted tourist attractions in the capital of Neuquén found in the Wine Roads and Oliva. The delegation of government and private sector tourism San Rafael composed Tourism Coordinator of the town, Rodolfo Abba, President of the Chamber of Tourism, Fabio Sat, Cristina and Javier Muñoz and members of the same Farjat, identified a number Neuquén shares tending to attract people of Alto Valle de Rio Black and Neuquén.
The Mendoza group visited the Undersecretary of Tourism of the Province of Neuquén, where they contacted various media highlighting the characteristics of the place. In this sense Abba stressed that this is the third time we’re in the city of Neuquén and the Upper Black River Valley since our records are increased the number of visitors of this place; It is a destination that really responds to what San Rafael offers, so we come to reaffirm what the product is and also visiting the tourist agencies, which many providers operate our city.
Regarding the level of occupation of this season said he has been very good; this summer the figure rose by an average of 96 percent with peaks of up to one hundred percent, in the case of long weekends and Dakar Pass through the town last year. He added that we have 14 thousand people which proves to be a popular destination nationwide.
Meanwhile Muñoz mentioned that is a market that we are very interested, as the tourist influx. Our area offers activities very close together, we are surrounded by eight lakes in a desert area which has seen the hand of man has worked significantly with water channeling and that has allowed us to be an oasis.
In that regard he stressed that he has helped produce and other foods, dried plum, San Rafael being the first producer of this fruit. Among the virtues of the area have noted that the Bianchi winery is the most visited country, and in turn have added as part of an agricultural conversion circuit of olive production.
Some representative data set to San Rafael a point emphasized in the economy of the province of Cuyo, so the city accounts for 25 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 40 percent of wine production and also an index outstanding talk that San Rafael has a total of 33 percent of the seats equipped for accommodation.
Other aspects of the growth is given by sanrafaelino aspects of connectivity and services, as in the case of including a daily flight from Buenos Aires there, and the inauguration in May, an International Congress Centre .
Furthermore Farjat said about the accommodations that have a wide range in terms of accommodations, from hotels to four star boutique hotels, cabins and camping with a wide variety of prices for the tourist to go and choose according to each pocket and the category you choose.
With regard to the Deputy Secretary of gastronomy private entity mentioned that there is a range of restaurants, stationed in San Rafael Boulevard mall and where are most of them, and offering traditional and regional foods, a meal that draws much visitor’s attention is the meat dough: A dough preparation. He explained that the dough and meat wrapped with different types of seasoning is added after cooking is enjoyed with pleasure.
Asked about the origin of the public, said that “San Rafael received much national tourism, which is dominated by the arrival of groups of Córdoba, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, Neuquén and Rio Black, and some abroad, interested in adventure tourism .
Finally Sat, thanked the provincial agency and said that every year come Neuquén we like, think exchanges are fundamental to the development of the activity, this is reciprocal. We distanced nothing short of a little over 600 miles, and the people of San Rafael, visit this area Much of Neuquen, Neuquen and San Rafael. Here he added, “visitors will find warmth in our people, adventure and excellent service in the heart of Mendoza.”
