A total of 531,000 people moved to the neighboring country between January and May. U-20 World Cup and price gap, the keys.
Some 531,000 tourists left Uruguay for Argentina between January and May of this year, according to data from the National Institute for Tourism Promotion (Inprotur) from the neighboring country, within the framework of the price gap that is evident between both borders.
The executive secretary of Inprotur, Ricardo Sosa, confirmed in dialogue with Télam Radio that the growth “was of 61% compared to pre-pandemic levels”, that is, the period between January and May 2019. To this movement must be added the movement generated by tens of thousands of families who traveled to Argentina to watch the final of the U-20 World Cup, where the Uruguayan youth team became champion.
Highlighting the statistics, Sosa pointed out that “tourism from Uruguay has not only recovered since 2019, but has grown by 61%” and summarized: “Uruguayans were in first place, with 531,000 tourists who entered from that country in the first five months.” In total, more than three million people attended the neighboring country.
It is worth noting that in the first quarter of this year, Inprotur had specified that more than 256,000 Uruguayans moved towards the neighboring country, which meant at that time an increase in 36% compared to the same pre-pandemic period. In addition, on the long weekend for Labor Day, almost 14,000 Uruguayans left by car for Argentina, as reported at the time by the Ministry of the Interior.
The fever of the U-20 World Cup also mobilized the Uruguayans
In the run-up to last Sunday’s final, where the Uruguayan youth team became champion of the U-20 World Cup against Italy, a “demand shock” in the country’s travel agencies. According to data from the Argentine Confederation of Medium Enterprises (CAME) from the neighboring country, in total the event mobilized 230,000 foreign tourists with an average daily expenditure of $200 each.
Although they were tourists from all over the world, with outstanding mentions for those from Israel, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Spain, Uruguay He stood out again in that area throughout the cup and even more so in the run-up to the final. It is that, in the previous days, more than 43 thousand people crossed the Río de La Plata to see the defining match, in a week where more than 150,000 visitors entered Argentina. In fact, such was the fever for the World Cup that the demand increased sharply, with the hiring of family packages that oscillated between 275 and 800 dollars per person.
Source: Ambito
