Each year the number of tourists visiting the Wine Route and visit the wineries. Therefore new projects to emerge increasingly attractive wine tourism in Argentina. In this case there are two innovations that enrich: travel by plane and train.
Wine tourism in Argentina is a big draw, especially for foreign visitors that top 80%. In 2007 wineries estimated growth of 15%, and Holy Week this year the increase was 20% compared to the previous. These figures make encouraging private and state companies to invest in tourism, more specifically wine.
One case is high Andes, born 4 years ago, where his main product was excursions or twin-engine single engine airplanes in Mendoza, by different circuits as Vines and Precordillera, Laguna del Diamante, Aconcagua or circuits as passengers. But for some time the project came to tour the wine routes by air. Sergio Navarro, General Manager and owner of the company said what is this new endeavor. The idea came some time ago. Given that the wine roads are in Mendoza, I thought why not make the path of Argentine wine. Thus, the idea was to unite three tourist regions, Salta, Mendoza and Neuquén, on trips that would be made, depending on the number of people or consumer preference in Jets or aircraft for 6, 9 or 19 passengers. Within this unique circuit in Argentina, offering, as the customer prefers, travel. Thus can opt for wine tours, whether industrialized or boutique, depending province. As for the stay, the provisions of 7 or 8 days since when done on a private flight, problems in airports or lost time scales do not occur. The idea arose when the business was that tourists not only know a region, but all the wine regions of our country, said the owner of High Andes. Another attraction is the train in the ways of wine, which only falls to Mendoza and will transit the richest wine regions of the province: Luján, Maipú and San Martin. The tour will be on the roads that are used by freight trains from the station to the La Colonia Agrelo. The future of the wine train is becoming closer as funding to municipalities in these departments were awarded to study not only the construction of the train but also the creation of the Regional Development Institute of Wine Tourism. The funds will be drawn by the Bank and are part of the micro-region tourism plan Mendoza Center, it was announced at the First International Wine Tourism Forum held in early September in Mendoza. The Wine Train drivers that will provide a quantum leap in terms of quality and diversification of wine tourism, as well as affecting the quality of life of the locals.
