Travel and Tourism - Argentina - November 2014
Argentina – Key Facts
 
Capital: 	Buenos Aires 	
Population: 	43,024,374 (July 2014) 	
Climate: 	Subtropical in the north, sub-Antarctic in the south of Patagonia, mild and humid in the Pampas (plains)	
Language:  	Spanish	
Total area:  	2,780,400 sq km	
Ethnic groups: 	White – mostly of Spanish and Italian stock (97%), Mestizo – mixed white and Amerindian (3%)	
Religion:  	Roman Catholic (92% – though fewer than 20% practise their faith); Protestant (2%), Jewish (2%), other (4%) 	
Currency: 	Argentine Peso (ARS)	
Total tourist arrivals:  	5.6 million in 2013 (UNWTO Tourism Highlights, 2014 edition) 	
Total international tourism receipts: 	US$4.96 billion (2013, WTTC)	
GDP: 	US$484.6 billion (2013, CIA World Factbook) 	
Unemployment rate:  	7.5% (2013, CIA World Factbook) 	
Major airports: 	Ezeiza International Airport (Ministro Pistarini International Airport) and Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Airport (both in Buenos Aires), Cordoba International Airport (Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella)	
Major ports and harbours:  	Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorado, Ushuaia