Mar del Plata

Population in high season:

The population in high season is above 2.000.000

Population in low season

The population in low season is above 550.000

It is located in:

It is located at the south of the Buenos Aires.

The weather

• At winter sometimes it can get bellow 5c. In this part of the year there is no tourism. This happens because all the attractions are prepared for summer. At summer it can reaches the 40c.

Characteristics

• It has lots of forests.

• There are lots of trees that are near the 100 years

• The sea is brown because of the sand

• There are lots of private beaches.

• There are beautiful landscapes

Main landmarks:

The walrusThe walrus

Walrus statueWalrus statue

A big statue located at the beach, next to the Casino.

The duck statue

• A big duck statue located at the entrance of Punta Mogotes. Its colour changes every year.

The beach:

• beautiful beaches where you can do a lot of activities like playing beach soccer, tennis, surf, windsurf.

The lighthouse

It is located a the end of the city

The CasinoThe Casino• A beautiful building located at

downtown.

The dockThe dock

Nightlife

• There are lots of dancing clubs where you can have an excellent night with friends or alone.

Fishing• You can go the dock and spend the day

fishing. It’s easier to get a fish than leave without one.

Restaurants

• There are beautiful restaurants where you can go and have a nice meal.

Surfing

• There are very good teachers that can teach you how to surf or become a better surfer.

TheatresTheatres

• There are excellent theatres where you can see a good play. Generally, they are comic plays.

Mar del Plata is a specific tourist region. It’s most

visited in summer.

When it isn’t a tourist season, people get ready to have a better summer next

year. They care about maintenance of beaches, streets and other tourist

attractions. For example: they change the duck colour every

year.

The area is full of beaches. At summer, it gets very warm. The main tourist

attraction is the seaside. The weather in high season is very hot all the day

except at night.

The typical meal is the seafood.

Advantages of tourism

• Every summer Mar del Plata receives many foreign people.• Due to this the work and services demand, is higher than in the

rest of the year and people can get some money.

Seasonal employment

• Every year the infrastructure development increases substantially.

• Every new building is designed to accommodate more tourists.

Infrastructure developmentInfrastructure development

Environmental protection

• They protect the environment because if they don’t take care about it, tourism will decrease.

Development of health care services

• The advantages that this activity brought to Mar del Plata:

• Decrease the mortality index.

• Better quality equipments.

• Epidemics prevention.

• Healthy people

Disadvantages

Environmental destruction

• Beaches are full of rubbish. People don’t take care about pollution.

Marginal employment

• As there is a lot of employment, there are lots of people that work marginally. This means that they don’t pay taxes for a paid retire. This affects other retire people because part of the money you pay working legally is given to them.

Development of illegal and/or destructive economic activities

• Sometimes there places where people sell illegal drugs and where prostitution is develop.