Despite this year-on-year increase, movement in the terminal continues to be 10% below pre-pandemic levels.
As far as the Tourism Weekthe Three Crosses Terminal has been an increase of 16% in what refers to its activity with respect to the records of last year. However, despite this year-on-year increase, the country’s main nerve center in terms of long-distance travel has not been able to recover pre-pandemic levels of movement, and continues a 10% below.
During the current period, trips to the departments maldonado and rockon the east coast of the country, represent the 25% of the total, followed by the northern departments, driven more than anything by the thermal complexes. On the other hand, international travel meant a 10% of the total, mainly towards the Argentina.
According to estimates from the terminal, the current week of tourism could end with about 11,500 services completed by transport companies, between arrivals and departures.
Tourism Week began with an exodus of Uruguayans to Argentina
Last weekend the binational bridges in Fray Bentos, paysanduand Leaphave been collapsed by an exodus of Uruguayans who, motivated by the start of the Tourism Week, seek to reach Argentina to benefit from the current price difference between the two countries.
Last Sunday, lines of 1.5 kilometers long on the Libertador General San Martín de Fray Bentos Bridge, of 300 meters on the General Artigas de Paysandú Bridge, and up to 80 vehicles the Salto Grande International Bridge in Salto.
The price in dollars of goods and services in Argentina has been so cheap for Uruguayans in recent months that those who live near the border have come to cross into the neighboring country even for a haircut or a dental visit, something which, to a lesser extent, also occurs in border cities with Brazil.
Source: Ambito
