Mar del Plata is a tourist region in Argentina that sees its population increase from 550,000 in the low season to over 2,000,000 in the high summer season. The main attractions are its beaches, where there are many activities like beach soccer and surfing. Other landmarks include the Walrus statue near the beach, the Casino in downtown, and a lighthouse at the end of the city. The area benefits from seasonal employment opportunities in the summer but also faces challenges like environmental destruction from increased rubbish and the growth of informal or illegal economic activities.

1. Mar del
Plata

2. Population in high season:
The population in high
season is above
2.000.000

3. Population in low season
The population in low
season is above 550.000

4. It is located in:
It is located at the
south of the Buenos
Aires.

5. 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.

6. 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

7. Main
landmarks:

8. The walrus

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

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

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

12. The lighthouse
It is located a the end of the city

13. The Casino
• A beautiful building located at
downtown.

14. The dock

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

17. Fishing
• You can go the dock and spend the day
fishing. It’s easier to get a fish than leave
without one.

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

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

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

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. The typical meal is
the seafood.

24. Advantages of tourism

25. Seasonal employment
• 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.

26. Infrastructure development
• Every year the infrastructure development
increases substantially.
• Every new building is designed to
accommodate more tourists.

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

28. 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

29. Disadvantages

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

31. 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.

32. Development of illegal and/or
destructive economic activities
• Sometimes there places where people sell
illegal drugs and where prostitution is
develop.