Argentines flock to budget-friendly beaches in neighboring countries as their peso strengthens

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Argentines flock to budget-friendly beaches in neighboring countries as their peso strengthens
Nicolás LentiniAndrés DeyáEsperanza Fagalde
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On a recent hot summer day in Chile, the beaches of Viña del Mar, Concón and Reñaca are packed with holidaymakers sharing yerba mate teas and playing ball.

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Argentine tourist Ana Laura Termini shops with friends at a mall in the seaside town of Renaca in Vina del Mar, Chile, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. They are part of a wave of Argentines who have found Chile to be a budget-friendly paradise this southern summer.“Everything here is so cheap for us,” said Cristian Vázquez, who was enjoying the sea in Reñaca, on Chile’s central coast.

Argentine tourism abroad surged in December, with departures up 76.4% year-over-year to 1.3 million travelers compared to the same month the previous year, according to official figures. Of those, 80.7% visited neighboring countries, primarily Chile , Brazil and Uruguay . Nicolás Lentini, 37, recently arrived in Brazil, drawn by the devalued real and lower prices. “A week’s rent for four people in Argentina costs $700," he said, noting that he paid the same amount for 14 days in Búzios, a Brazilian resort east of Rio de Janeiro.

Andrés Deyá, from Argentina's federation of travel and tourism business associations, highlighted the challenges of competing with neighboring countries like Brazil.

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