The number of families who sought to witness the match against Italy skyrocketed. The packages, with highly variable prices.
The Uruguayan Under-20 team reached the final and people filled travel agencies with inquiries to go see the game in Argentina.
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Uruguay reached the end of Sub 20 world football that is played in Argentina and travel agencies benefited from a “demand shock” with entire families consulting packages to go see the defining match against Italy, which will be played this Sunday from 6:00 p.m., for which until Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) ran out of tickets.
The agencies, which came from a month on the rise, handled packages with prices that oscillated between $275 and $800 per person. “When there is something like that that generates a demand shock, It’s all very explosive and fast.” The CEO of TocToc Viajes, Andrés Gil, recognized Underlined about a phenomenon for which many operators had difficulties in responding.
Tickets for the final, hotels for one or more days and in some cases transportation were some of the many variables handled by the Uruguayan travel agencies, facing the final between the young people representing the country and their Italian peers, who will face each other in the Unique Stadium of La Plata.
Regarding the “boom” of consumption, the director of Quality Travel, Nicolás Barreto, told Underlined that the movement began when the selection went to the semifinals, but he clarified: “Now telephones, social networks, WhatsApp have exploded. A lot of orders started coming in.”
Along the same lines, the director of MAC Travel, Sergio Bañales, highlighted the increase in inquiries and stressed that, although “the characteristic of a World Cup is quite elitist”, this time it was different. “People who have a fairly low level of purchasing power accessed and that they even made a great sacrifice,” he said, referring to experiences of card payment and up to four installments.
The price of the players of the U-20 Selection of Uruguay
The team that reached the final after leaving on the road in the knockout phases Israel, the United States and the Gambia, It has an interesting market value, according to data from Transfermarkt. The 21 players led by the former soccer player and current coach Marcelo Broli total a base price of 18.85 million euros. Not to mention that, due to their young age and the success they have shown up to now, their chips will surely appreciate even more.
The juveniles perform in the Uruguayan Professional First Division Championship, except Alan Matturro, the 18 year old who plays in the Genoa from Italy and your token is listed €1.7 million; and Facundo Gonzalez, who, at the age of 19, is a member of the Valencia Mestalla of Spain, with a pass that is worth 1 million euro.
Source: Ambito
