The XXL was big, a size that was tight for a few and for the majority - a symbol of these times - it was very loose. Thus, the expected
extra long weekend
that will include six days due to the conjunction of the Easter holidays and the Day of the Veteran and those who fell in the Malvinas War, Monday a tourist bridge in the middle, will end up leaving a
bittersweet taste.
to the operators of the sector: tourists divided their rest and the average stay is 3 nights.
"We expected it to be five, at least four days.
But on Monday the reservations drop,
" the head of the Mar del Plata Hotel and Gastronomic Business Association (AEHG), Jesús Osorno, explained to
Clarín
, who confirmed that the reduced reservations occur in all the categories.
Such a panorama will provide a final percentage of occupancy that, averaged over the six days of the XXL, will be lower than the officially reported, which this Wednesday is at 75% and if the predicted good weather ends up materializing it can still grow, it is believed, and reach 80%.
The number is in the order of the records for the date.
The gastronomic businessman Hernán Szkrohal explains it, from the vice presidency of the AEHG: "It happens that the extra long weekend includes six days. So the highest percentage, that 75% that we are talking about, will be given in three, four days in where the people are."
"Now Monday and Tuesday, when occupancy falls, the number will be different, lower, so
the final percentage will decrease significantly,
" he calculated. The need to travel is there, that is positive, it is a stimulus. But travelers do not have the money to sustain themselves for more than three days."
A downtown hotelier reads the computer screen and reveals: "I have 97% for Friday and Saturday, 90% for Sunday and 39% for Monday. We are
all hit, everyone's pocket is hit, there is no other way." explanation
".
The situation is not very different with temporary rentals, which on average were rented for stays of four days, confirmed to this newspaper the president of the Mar del Plata College of Auctioneers and Public Brokers, Guillermo Rossi.
"We have many inquiries and reservations. We estimate to reach 70%, a percentage that may grow on Friday or Saturday," he confided according to a survey carried out in recent days among associates.
Hoteliers and real estate agents are responsible for emphasizing that
the rates are the same as those applied in January
. "In a context of economic crisis as we are going through, the owners of the establishments decided to be competitive," explained Osorno.
Beyond the drop in occupancy that is expected on Monday and Tuesday, the city faces a good weekend with thousands of tourists who on Friday and Saturday can give
a beach postcard like those in high season
, since 29 are announced. ° and 26°, respectively, and then certain periods of instability. "Isolated storms," predicts the National Weather Service.
With a
wide and varied
theatrical and cultural agenda
. The holiday begins in different municipal settings with a new edition of the Night of Tourism and Culture. The programming - on the EmturyC page - includes guided visits to the municipal museums of Natural Sciences “Lorenzo Scaglia”, Casa sobre el Arroyo, Juan Carlos Castagnino, the Victoria Ocampo Cultural Center, the Plaza del Agua, the Torre Tanque and the grotto Our Lady of Lourdes. At each site there will be
shows to enjoy
.
Then, the theatrical billboard - the only activity that did not decline in season, quite the opposite: it added spectators -
continues with the most viewed works of the summer
, such as that of Fátima Florez, "100% Fátima" at the Roxy; the return of Mauricio Dayub, with two works, "The Amateur, second turn" and "The tightrope walker", and Pompeyo Audivert, with “Habitación Macbeth”, all at the Neptuno; and in the Auditorium rooms the multi-award-winning “Romeo and Juliet in Pocket”, “The Bud” and “Who am I”, with Fabián Vena, will be presented. Alejandro Lerner plays at Radio City. Just a sample of the agenda for the end of week.
The
MAR Museum
will open from Thursday to Sunday during special hours from 2 to 8 p.m. with free admission. Visitors will be able to tour the winning and selected works of the Florencio Molina Campos Provincial Hall of Visual Arts, such as the exhibition “Visión Quebrada”, by Felipe Yuyo Noé.
Framed in
a consumption that they expect to be "moderate"
, the gastronomics estimate that it will be a good weekend for them and that the strong one will occur, as is usual on this date, in the restaurants of the commercial center of the port that they have just passed through, according to They describe it as "the best season possible". The loose XXL will be no different.
Mar del Plata. Correspondent