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 | | According to Engineer Hernan Lombardi, secretary of Tourism for Argentina and former secretary of Tourism for the City of Buenos Aires, new hotels are being built throughout the country and, just in the last year alone, the number of airline seats has grown 18.3 percent. |
 | | According to statistics, travel and tourism in 1999 accounted for 7.2 percent of Argentina’s gross domestic product, and this is expected to grow to 7.6 percent in the next 10 years. |
 | | Narciso J Muniz, tourism secretary for the city of Buenos Aires, a medical doctor who has long been involved in the tourism industry, noted that the city government is trying to attract business visitors to participate in more city activities while on their trips. |
| www.internationalspecialreports.com /theamericas/00/argentina/tourism (1993 words) |
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