Mendoza Province
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At one end of the Andes’ busiest highway crossing, Mendoza Province gets a steady stream of international visitors but also has a flourishing domestic travel industry.
Its biggest attraction, literally, is the formidable Andean range—symbolized by the hemisphere’s highest mountain, 6,962-meter Cerro Aconcagua. Many visitors find the provincial capital of Mendoza and its surrounding wine country so appealing that they stay longer than they expected.
Economically, tourism is a major contributor to the economy, but provincial oil and gas fields supply a quarter of Argentina’s fossil fuels. Augmented by hydroelectric power from Andean reservoirs, abundant energy resources have promoted industrial growth.
© Wayne Bernhardson from Moon Argentina, 3rd edition
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