Outbound tourism to the Argentina grew ostensibly this past summer. According to him National Institute for Tourism Promotion (Inprotur) from that country, more than 256,000 Uruguayans They crossed the Río de la Plata in the first quarter of this year, driven by the exchange difference in their favor, mainly by land.
The figure represents an increase from 36% compared to the same period but in 2019, the last year Covid-19 pre-pandemic –which distorted all the economic variables–.
“For our receptive tourism, Uruguay has become the first country that has recovered 100% of the tourist movement from the pre-pandemic and also grew above 2019,” he said. Ricardo Sosaexecutive secretary of Inprotur, at a promotional event held in Montevideo this week.
According to data from the Argentine entity, 174,000 people entered through land route –64% more than in 2019–, while 75,000 did so for waterway –a 7% increase compared to the pre-pandemic–.
A large part of those who entered the neighboring country by land were, meanwhile, buyers of Fray Bentos, Paysandú and Salto who took advantage of the exchange difference to acquire cheaper Argentine products and services.
After the success of the Tourism Week, operators point to long weekends
To these numbers for the first semester are added those of the Tourism Week, where, although more than 351,260 people entered the country, others 364,284 Uruguayans they left the borders, according to the National Directorate of Migration.
The main starting point was the bridge of paysandu with 76,476 people. This is followed by the bridge of Fray Bentos with 74,399 people. In third place is the border crossing of Colonia, Thirty-Three Oriental Bridge, 59,823 people left Uruguay. Finally, there is the Salto bridge with 54,844 people.
With regard to receptive and internal tourism in Uruguay, operators now point to two long weekends to capitalize on the income of thousands of tourists. They will be the ones holidays of the monday april 17 and the one of monday may 1.
Source: Ambito
