[Tango-L] Abuse of tourists for rentals

[Carol Shepherd]

Not that I think this thread is really on-topic for tango (neither is 
banking in Argentina, etc), but isn't this just market economics?  BA is 
no different than any other big city tourist destination -- prices can 
vary by 1000% and several businesses make a living by taking advantage 
of the tourist's lack of information.  (That sounds like a business 
opportunity for someone enterprising to make that information more 
available so prices can be more competitive--and the Internet would be a 
great place to make the information available to tourists planning to go 
overseas).

If people in Argentina have figured out how to make good money off tango 
tourists, kudos for them--Argentina desperately needs industries like 
tourism to bring decent revenue into their economy.

Is this list about tango dancing, or is it about whinging that the world 
is not fair?  Nobody in BA owes anyone on this list a cheap place to 
stay so they can study tango.


Ecsedy Áron wrote:
> I guess the biggest problem with the overcharging and the phenomenon Alberto described is not the general "ripped off" feeling of tourists, but the local economics of the situation.
> 
> If prices are pushed into the sky by tourists, and if they still feel that going to BsAs is a good deal for them, slowly certain BsAs real estate prices will reflect this extra value, which will essentially make the locals unable to buy or rent them. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Aron
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