Checking into
Buenos Aires
A devalued currency means business for online
apartment rental procures.
Gradually, property owners caught on to the values
of flexible terms and tenancies.
Alda Miccolis of Alojargentina says her business
began to recover with increased tourist demand
beginning late 2002. She also points out
to a unique segment, medical tourism, as a big
push behind rising occupancy rates.
”The quality of medical care here is high and
the cost low, so people bring their families
for a couple weeks while they undergo treatments
that are expensive in their own contries,”
Miccolis says. The internet has been critical to
the industry's success, as it allows potential
clients continents away to check out the listing
and photos online.
Tourism will fuel business for the industry, as
Argentina remains affordable for visitors from
abroad.
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