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Why was it specifically Punta del Este, out of all seaside resorts in Uruguay or Argentina, which became the premier resort area of the rich and famous? Because it, just like Uruguay as a whole, is located between Argentina and Brazil? (Although I know that as an exclusive resort area, there's...

I suppose that a substantial enough percentage of those from anglophone and Germanic countries do that sort of vacationing, but that percentage is overwhelming among those from Latin-type countries?

So it sounds like what it boils down to, in terms of Argentines/Uruguayans having different vacation patterns than North Americans/northern Europeans/Australians, is a different vacationing culture in Argentina and Uruguay, as well as more tourist options north of South America than in a place...

Do rich Argentines have that tendency more than rich Americans, rich Canadians, rich Australians, or rich Europeans?

My point is that if Argentina and Uruguay were much more developed than they actually are and Brazil was thus somewhat more developed than in real life but not at the same rate at all, Brazil would be a much more popular destination among Argentines and Uruguayans (and would have been for...

Somewhat. Not to the same degree as Argentina/Uruguay.

The way I see it, if Argentina and Uruguay were more stable financially and Brazil weren't so expensive, sunseekers in the summer would be coming to the beaches in their own countries as well as in the south of Brazil (as in real life), and in the winter, "snowbirds" from Buenos Aires/Montevideo...

Mexico has had the reputation of being a much more dangerous country than the US and Canada, but that hasn't stopped hordes of American and Canadian tourists from going to Mexico!

So you see, that comes to show you that if Argentina and Uruguay were developed countries and thus had currencies as valuable as the US dollar or euro or whatever, and Argentina and Uruguay never had financial depressions in the past few decades the way they had in real life, Brazil would pretty...

According to the XE Currency Converter, here is how the Brazilian real (1.00 real) compares to other currencies: 0.32 British pound 0.38 euro 0.49 US dollar 0.50 Canadian dollar 0.50 Australian dollar 2.57 Argentine pesos 9.23 Uruguayan pesos

But has Brazil always not been so cheap? And many Argentines and Uruguayans do go to southern Brazil (e.g. to Floripa) in the summer - would many more go to that area in the summer if Brazil were cheaper?

So what makes Brazil not so cheap? Is it the exchange rate between the Argentine or Uruguayan pesos and the Brazilian real? Is it that there are relatively too few tourist facilities? What is it?

I'll bet that if Argentina and Uruguay were more developed countries than they actually are, they would generate such a tourist demand to Brazil that Brazil would have a lot more options for activities, hotels, restaurants, etc. than in real life; right?

I'm sure that Buzios and other destinations in Brazil would be cheap, though, for Americans, Canadians, Brits, and others with more strongly valued currencies, right?

In other words, the reason why those from Buenos Aires (and elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) who can afford a vacation additional to their summer one (let's say in the winter) go to Florida, the Caribbean (esp. Cuba and the Dominican Republic), and Mexico instead of Brazil is because many of...

When porteños go away from Buenos Aires during the summer and go to beaches, how do they choose their destinations? For example, is the Costa Atlantica of BA Province (e.g. Mar del Plata, Pinamar, Necochea) for those porteños who just want to go to the nearest beach no matter what, while the...

Sorry for sounding so odd to be an armchair fan of Buenos Aires rather than having actually gone there. It's just that I'm revising an alternate history of Argentina, as found on my website: www.britishargentina.com. I think that your answers are valuable in these revisions.

Just in case you were under the impression that I'm an expat living in Buenos Aires, I want to say that I'm not - I haven't even set foot in Argentina nor indeed anywhere in Latin America yet (I live in Montreal), though I'd love to go down there. Nevertheless, as I'm interested in places like...