The beautiful Mar del Plata Golf Club is one of several courses awaiting visitors to the Tango Coast.

With only three weeks before the first day of summer, La Nación surveys hotel owners and real estate brokers regarding bookings and optimism for the upcoming tourist season in Mar del Plata, Pinamar and Cariló. Reservations are up and optimism is high according to the article, thanks in part to the relative strength of the Brazilian real making Argentina’s beaches more affordable destinations for Argentines and Brazilians alike. The City of Mar del Plata is planning over 100 concerts and cultural events during the upcoming summer season, many of them free to the public. Just up the coast in Pinamar, a popular destination for the upper-middle class, hoteliers and property owners are trying to keep prices around the same level as 2008, and in Cariló, a destination La Nación describes as “untouched” by the recent economic slowdown, the trend among visitors is moving away from short-term rentals and toward “the purchase of homes, as well as new condos along the coastline.” And over in Punta del Este, Uruguay’s premier destination for the rich and famous, La Nación says confidence is high with brokers recommending property owners hold prices at 2008 levels to offset the 17% drop in the dollar’s value versus the Uruguayan Peso in 2009.