Argentina Ski Season is officially underway, and the country’s leading downhill destination is welcoming record numbers of charter flights, hotel guests and foreign visitors. “Record Number of Foreign Visitors in Bariloche” is the title of Soledad Maradona’s article in today’s La Nacion which links the sudden surge in South American skiers and snowboarders with the season’s first snowfall, falling temperatures, …
Sell-o Catedral: Bariloche Ski Resort For Sale
It would be an understatement to say this has been a terrible year for the tourism sector in Bariloche. The June eruption of the Puyehue volcano brought falling ash and canceled flights to a region poised for a record ski season. With dozens of inbound charter flights scheduled from Brazil and the real flexing its muscle like never before, A …
Winter Forecast Worsens For Bariloche & Villa La Angostura
The ashes are not falling like they were the last two weeks, but the economic impact of the Puyehue eruption is already beginning to be felt in Bariloche and Villa La Angostura. The day after the eruption, Bariloche tourism officials closed the local airport with hopes of restoring service on Tuesday, June 21. Now Clarin’s Mariana Garcia says that date …