The owners occupied between 80 and 90% of the properties, they assured from the Real Estate Chamber of the city.
With good forecasts for the end of the Tourism Weekwhen foreign tourists begin to arrive at the Uruguay starting Thursday, from Real Estate Chamber of Punta del Este detailed to scope.com that pre-pandemic occupancy levels are being reached.
The president of the Chamber, Xavier Senaassured this medium that the occupation in the Tourism Week is reaching levels of the 80 to 90% owners of the coastal area and estimated that, as of the end of this week, the number of owners who will attend East Point.
On the other hand, in terms of rents and hotel areas, levels of pre-pandemic years were almost reached. According to the president of the Real Estate Chamber, it is necessary compare the numbers with the years where the tourism sector was not conditioned for the sanitary measures that prevented the spread of Covid-19.
Regarding the type of tourism, Sena remarked that Uruguayans who did not go on vacation abroad stayed in the country and several chose Punta del Este to enjoy themselves. However, there is also a significant amount of foreign tourists, although the amount is expected to increase as of Thursday because in countries like Argentina and Brazil starts Easter.
“The buildings are in a 60% occupancy, but as of tomorrow they will surely be completed between 70 and 80% by Sunday,” Sena explained. Anyway, if you compare it with the years 2018 and 2019, the president of the Real Estate Chamber estimated that the same numbers will be reached as in the pre-pandemic years. “People come happy, they come to vacation and they come for the security that Uruguay offers,” explained Sena.
Source: Ambito
