Gosh, I had the impression that personal attacks were to be avoided on FT ...
As to alternative places which may better or cheaper or both: perhaps Costa Rica, Thailand, Indonesia and even Spain.
In any event, my point is that AR is pricing itself out of the tourist market (pricing discrimination against foreigners isn't helping, either--talked to several tourists while I was there who were upset that they got hit for three times the price at Iguatzu as ARs pay).
As word trickles back about relatively high prices in AR, tourism will certainly drop, especially in view of the current economic situation.