Comments on: Argentina Entrance Fee To Go Into Effect

By: DaVe

DaVe — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:27:20 +0000

Yeah, it's a nice welcome!

By: tdn

tdn — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:16:58 +0000

I just found out about this and am leaving tomorrow, so I will be paying it. Had I known, i would have been more clever about my entry.

By: Calvin_J

Calvin_J — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:32:19 +0000

Border controll sucks at the best of times, making people pay for entrance fees or visa's is just wrong. I am going anyway and will pay the dumb ass fee. I am sure its a beautiful place with great people and worth every cent. so I will pay it and consider it as an investement of great memories.

By: Juan Pablo

Juan Pablo — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:30:00 +0000

Andres's coment is obviously from a person who is not educated. The fee is in response to the United States's fee. Is it a good response or poor response? Idk. Probably not the way to do it. this government likes to bump heads a lot. If you want to come you are welcome. If not, its not that big of a deal. Andres is right in that our hotels are at a 90% capacity. I would like things to be different, but why does the US charge so much? supply and demand. the same applies here. stupid response by our govt. as the rule says, unto others…..
everyone is welcome here, paying 100 dollars extra isnt going to change things, its still an amazing experience…

By: ex-tourist

ex-tourist — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:14:32 +0000

Andres, not a problem, I'll just spend my money elsewhere and leave Argentina to find other ways to pay its enormous debt in foreign currency.

Remember the best cure against a headache is to cut your throat and the best cure against getting more tourist to Argentina is to make it more expensive.

By: Avelino

Avelino — Wed, 25 May 2011 22:51:31 +0000

Charge the fee, and if people want to come, they will. Personally, instead of going to Brazil, I discovered Peru when Brazil first instituted the fee…and this time, instead of Argentina, I'll discover Uruguay and then back over to Peru. I'll stay about 3-4 weeks, which means that Argentina and Brazil can both suck it.

By: andres

andres — Wed, 11 May 2011 18:25:59 +0000

Ridiculous !!! To b eye for an eye we should stop the Americans after they pay the 140$ and send them back after all that is what they do , they charge 140$ for an appointment that in 80% of cases last 35 sec. And they use that money to harass the immigrants in their country . Who need this people ??? With Bs As at 90% hotel occupancy how much will change with this 5 assholes they say will cancel the trip ? To 89.99%? Fuck them !! Stay away gringos !!! O shut the fuck up and pay

By: George

George — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:24:53 +0000

It makes little sense to me. The fee that Argentinians pay is to the US gov't, so it's like a tax that individuals pay to the gov't, like our income taxes. So the aggressor is the US gov't, and the payer is the Argentine citizen. Now the Argentine gov't wants to be the aggressor and make the US citizen be the payer. The US citizen was not the aggressor in the first place, so why punish them? The US citizen already pays tons of tax to the US gov't and will not see a dime of the fees that Argentine citizens (not the Argentine gov't) pays. So it's just an excuse for the Argentine gov't to gather more fees. Also, the fees for visas are for the vetting of Argentine citizens traveling to the US who might try to stay illegally. Argentina does not require US citizens to get visas, since the risk of an US citizen illegally immigrating to Argentina is virtually nil. Bottom line: for my family of four, Argentina is now an unattractive option. We'll try Easter Europe instead.

By: DaVe

DaVe — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:07:02 +0000

Yep, anyone without the visa who flies into EZE or Aeroparque must pay the new fee.

By: gmburns

gmburns — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:54:57 +0000

what if you've gone into argentina before (Bariloche) and didn't have to pay the fee then? Do you have to now?