Visitors from the neighboring country represent almost half of the season’s total, which is more than 335,000 tourists.
The Argentines continue to be the protagonists of the tourist season and in the last 15 days they entered Uruguay a total of 163,052 visitors from the neighboring country, most of them by land.
In a season that seems auspicious, arrivals from Argentina They multiply by the heat of the smallest exchange difference and incentives such as lowering dollar who pay abroad, according to data from the National Immigration Directorate Compiled between December 20 and Thursday, arrivals from the other side of the pond represent 48.66% of the total, which is 335,084 people.
From behind appear the Uruguayans, with 85,548 admissions (25.53%) and brazilians, with 40,232 (12.01%), a destination that continues to contribute to tourism, Despite the depreciation of real and the growing price gap.
Far behind were the arrivals of 8,526 Americans (2.54%), 6,002 paraguayans (1.79%), 3,404 Chileans (1.02%), 3,057 spanish (0.91%), 2,209 Colombians (0.66%), 1,674 Venezuelans (0.50%). In addition, the rest of the nationalities together added 21,380 visitors (6.38%).
The land borders with Argentina, the most used
Regarding the entry points, although the majority occurred through the land borders with Argentina (45.94%), the Port of Cologne It was the one that transported the most passengers, with 70,751 people (21.11%).
Behind were the international bridges with Argentina, since Fray Bentos 64,544 people (19.26%) crossed Paysandu 59,906 (17.88%) did so and for Leap There were 29,479 (8.80%).
Furthermore, the Carrasco Airport moved 42,712 passengers (12.75%), the Port of Montevideo to 18,454 (5.51%), Chuy, 15,650 (4.67%), Punta del Este, 12,048 (3.60%), Rio Branco, 7,643 (2.28%) and other routes, 13,897 (4.15%).
Source: Ambito
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