As stated by the Minister of Tourism, Tabaré Viera, This season will continue with the “growth line that is verified quarter by quarter after the opening of the border in November 2021”, but he warned that he does not want to “guess”.
The proposed action to alleviate these effects had already been applied during the pandemic. not charge the VAT Uruguayans in hotels seeks to offer locals a price that, in its entirety, makes staying in the country a good option, favoring domestic tourism.
Currently Uruguay exempts from the payment of VAT in hotels for foreigners throughout the year. To this benefit for foreigners is added zero VAT in restaurants, in catering for events, in services for parties and in vehicle rentals until April 2023 inclusive. In addition, non-residents receive a refund of 10.5% of the rental price of real estate for tourism. Another problem observed is the competition represented by internet platforms by offering non-regularized hosting.
From the Ministry of Economy They understand that the benefit approved during the pandemic was of an exceptional nature (due to the closure of borders) and that there is no possibility of resuming it on radar. Since Tourism A “package of arguments” will be sent to Economy since the new season is just around the corner.
The problem is not only due to the exodus of tourists to Argentinabut also due to a strong decrease in the volume of Argentine tourists entering Uruguay. In this sense, a reorientation of the Brazilian tourist is proposed to alleviate the lack of Argentines -especially from the middle class- and from the portfolio they added that it is intended to improve air connectivity between Brazil and Uruguayas well as with other countries in the region such as Chili.
Source: Ambito
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