The tourism sector registers increases where international destinations stand out, especially Argentina due to the exchange rate.
tourism in Uruguay grows year after year with numbers that exceed 20% compared to the sales of the previous year and even exceeding levels reached before the pandemic, a phenomenon that is noted with the september vacation They already have most of the seats sold.
The september vacation and Uruguayans have already purchased most of the tourist packages, both for abroad and for the interior of the country, having as their favorite destination Argentinamarked by a clear convenience due to the exchange rate.
in dialogue with scope.comthe product manager of the Hiperviajes agency, Rodrigo Rosales, assured that almost all the packages for the week of September are sold. “The usual vacation sales are practically all complete, there are only a few places left for Buzios, Rio de Janeiro and South Africathe rest is already complete”, explained the manager.
Regarding international destinations, Rosales listed several within neighboring countries. In Brazil, packages were sold to places like Porto de Galinhas, Salvador de Bahia, Buzios and Rio de Janeiro. As for Argentina, the main destinations chosen by Uruguayans were, Buenos Airesthe Argentine north – made up of the provinces of Jujuy, Salta and Tucumán -, as well as in the south, having as a favorite city Bariloche. To these are added destinations a little further away such as Punta Cana, Cancun and South Africa.
In relation to the controversy generated around the spring break in schoolsspecifically the private ones, where there were not too many holidays to take – since they were taken during the winter recess at the request of the health authorities – Rosales assured that all packages that were sold were seven days.
Numbers that exceed the pandemic
According to Rosales, the sales of tourist packages are increasing year by year and, in relation to last year, exceeded numbers of transactions between 15% and 20% for the September holidays, even exceeding the numbers reached before the pandemic where there were no sanitary restrictions.
This phenomenon is accompanied by another: the exodus of Uruguayans to Argentina almost every weekend. According to Rosales, there are still spaces to travel by boat to the neighboring country during the holiday of August 24, although very few. “There are many people who travel to Buenos Aires on weekends and much more on long weekends,” explained Rosales, who assured that people cross the Rio de la Plata to eat in restaurants, walk and do some shopping.
Source: Ambito
