The coincidence of the Argentine public holiday with Paraguay's Black Friday and Brazil's Black Awareness Day led to an extraordinary surge in tourist and shopper traffic. According to Noticias Argentinas, the most critical situation occurred at the Posadas-Encarnación border crossing, where kilometer-long traffic queues stretched beyond Cabred Avenue, with a flow of over 2,100 vehicles per hour crossing the San Roque González de Santa Cruz International Bridge. Thousands of Argentines traveled to Ciudad del Este to take advantage of Black Friday deals, contributing to the chaos on the Paraguayan side, where technology and home appliances were in high demand. Simultaneously, the overlap with the Brazilian holiday on November 20 (Black Awareness Day) generated a massive influx of visitors from the neighboring country who crossed into Misiones. This long weekend created a phenomenon of triple border convergence that caused gridlock at crossings in the Litoral region. This factor boosted hotel occupancy in Puerto Iguazú to nearly 90%. Overall, the province of Misiones experienced a highly dynamic weekend, with occupancy exceeding 75%, driven by intense traffic at the Iguazú and Posadas border crossings, combined with the natural appeal of the Iguazú and Moconá waterfalls.
