The advance of the winter break caused thousands of Uruguayans to modify their travel plans. In total, almost 50,000 people left the country.
According to data from Ministry of Interiorthrough the National Directorate of Migration (DNM), Some 49,412 people left Uruguay between Friday June 30 and Saturday July 1. The advance of the winter holidays in schools due to the high contagion of respiratory diseases among children caused a flood of compatriots to advance their travel plans abroad.
Most of the people left the country, they did so with destination Argentinaand in the breakdown, some 12,430 did so through the binational bridge that unites the cities of Paysandu and Colon; Secondly, some 10,606 tourists crossed over the bridge that joins Fray Bentos and Gualeguaychu; and some 9,735 through the one that joins Leap and Concordaccording to data from the National Directorate of Migrations of Argentina.
In turn, 8,886 departures for ferries were registered in the cologne portand another 1,900 since the Montevideo port, also by ship. In another order, some 4,503 people traveled by air from the Carrasco International Airportindicated the DNM.
There will be no strike of air traffic controllers
The measure to suspend flights during Monday, July 3 and Sunday, July 16, announced last week by the Association of Air Traffic Controllers of Uruguay (Actau) was without effect, as announced by the union.
The protest coincided with the new date of Winter Breakadvanced by the National Administration of Public Education (ANEP), for which it had been strongly criticized by the government.
The air operators had declared a conflict on Tuesday June 27 to demand improvements in remuneration, equal pay for the same function and charge for instruction, among other claims.
Defense Minister, javier garcia, had complained that “every time there is a vacation period there is a conflict.” “It’s not fair or supportive,” she said.
Now, the Actau considered that “the negotiation in good faith in the tripartite sphere of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) is the path to the effective resolution of disputes”.
Source: Ambito
