Originally Posted by
britenbsas
Maybe they will reduce the cost to $20 when the US reduce the cost for an Argentine to apply for a US visa! If the Argentine government want REAL reciprocity, they should calculate what percentage of the average Argentine monthly salary the US$131 represents and then charge the same percentage of the US average monthly salary. It would be a hell of a lot more than $131.
Sounds fine in theory but works out poorly in practice.
The idea is to get Argentina to attract the maximum amount of tourists it can rather than to encourage ideas to turn away tourists, right? Family vacations that involve an additional US$393-$655 in expenses can be a deal breaker. Vacations are generally done on budgets, which are getting tighter. Increasing the costs of vacationing when the idea is to attract vacationers whose disposable income is getting nailed makes no sense.