The Minister of Tourism, Tabaré Viera, estimates that there will be a greater movement between October 24 and April 29, 2024.
He Ministry of Tourism forecasts a 10% increase in the number of ships arriving in the country and, consequently, an increase in visitors during the next shipping season cruise ships, which will begin on October 24 and will last for six months, until April 29, 2024.
Thus, the government anticipates an improvement after last record season, where 187 ships arrived at ports nationals, with the arrival of 320,000 visitors, who left some 16.3 million dollars in the Uruguayan economy.
He Minister of Tourism, Tabaré Viera, He maintained that in the six months of activity “it is expected that the arrival of ships will increase by 10% and with it the number of visitors”, when giving his speech in the framework of the opening of the 9th Regional Meeting of Cruises and Fluvial Nautical Tourism, that develops in Montevideo.
For see, The country faces an important challenge related to the development of the tourism fluvial nautical and advanced that this type of activities can be developed beyond the summer. “There are ideas, there are proposals on which the government and there are also private initiatives”, pointed out the hierarch.
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The growth of activity and investment in ports
During the event, held in the annex of the Executive Tower, he Minister of Transport and Public Works, José Luis Falero, He maintained that the tourist activity focused on sailing and the cruise ships “experienced remarkable growth in recent times.”
falero highlighted the investments in infrastructure in the ports of Montevideo and Colonia and announced that he works “so that the port of east point prioritize and improve its facilities in order to better receive those who visit it”. In addition, it projects actions so that the port of Cologne can receive cruises.
In turn, the President of the National Ports Administration (ANP), Juan Curbelo, highlighted the presence at the meeting of regional operators, as well as representatives of Argentina and Brazil. “This instance allows the exchange to promote the improvement of the industry of cruise ships and the positioning of the region in the world”, he concluded.
Source: Ambito
