Argentina: Mendoza calls for more connectivity With Santiago hub to diversify markets

The new management in the province of Mendoza is to achieve higher quality tourist destination in the services rendered and hand diversify markets for new products and better air connectivity. They argue that having more direct flights to the hub of Santiago de Chile would increase the arrival of international tourists, which currently represent 30% of the total. Under the Harvest Festival, Governor Alfredo Cornejo briefly spoke with HOSTELTUR news tourism and raised in Mendoza tourism "could have grown more" and that the goal is "to add more beds (35,000 across the province ), more infrastructure and improve our services. " In addition, "we are asking you to add flights to Santiago de Chile, for there to be a company that competes with LAN and that gives us more inputs and outputs". "The issue of connectivity is a problem. Missing flights and we also need to improve the provision of bus services, "said Rodolfo Suarez, mayor of Mendoza capital and in the same line Gabriela Testa, president of Ente of Tourism said. "The mendocinos what we claim is more air link with Chile, because the hub of Santiago is fantastic. What happens is that Aerolineas Argentinas flight had a time and pulled it out, "said the official, noting that" Mendoza has very good connectivity on domestic flights "but not international. LAN currently operates direct services to Santiago, is scheduled to open a Mendoza-Lima route as published this medium, and in winter there is connectivity with Brazil GOL hand. However it is a province with strong appeal to foreign markets with high purchasing power, as part of the Global Network of Great Wine Capitals ... Fuente: Aerolatinnews