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December 01, 2008
Argentina Here I Come----hopefully
In tracking the current global travel news, I have learned a great deal.
In the international travel market, many countries are feeling the impacts of a decline in their tourism sectors. One article reports a huge decline in growth for international travel. Although usually, international travel grows at an average rate of 5.7%, recently,
the numbers have declined to almost 2%.
However, South America is not feeling the impact as much, which for me, is both good and bad. From my perspective, if South America were feeling a strong decline in tourism, although the economy of Argentina could potentially be hindered, reducing my personal costs of travel, I will probably be more likely to find an internship or other opportunity in the country if the economy were to remain stable. In addition, a falling economy would trigger a lower level of safety, which is the last thing that I want when I am abroad.
After reading another person’s travel strategies, I have learned a bunch of very important tips that will hopefully help me in my upcoming excursions. First of all, the author
traveled to more than 40 countries, and seeing that I only intend to travel through 5 or 6, I clearly do not have to worry about as many factors as he did. Some of his tips that I may employ would be staying in hostels, and packing light.
In doing so I will have much more options in my accommodations’, and being more mobile will enable me to accomplish more in a shorter amount of time.
Hopefully, in few months I will be in South America, where if I am lucky enough, travel costs will fall right before I book my flight, and rise right afterward.
Posted by amkruger at 06:35 PM