the traditional nostalgic nightwhich is already celebrated in Uruguay 45 years ago, he also crossed the border into Argentinaas a consequence of the exchange difference which makes prices in the neighboring country more attractive.
In Salto, only three large parties were held against at least a dozen that were organized by Uruguayans in the Argentine city of Concordia, reported the local newspaper La Prensa.
The phenomenon, which is registered for the first time, alerted the night businessmen of Salto who annually wait for that night to earn extra income.
Parallel to the exodus of purchases and for the long weekend towards Argentinathe authorities had to implement a special security operation at the border crossing big jump during the night of yesterday due to the influx of Uruguayans towards those parties in Concordia.
The exchange difference also had an impact on the festivities in Montevideo
Numerous nightclubs in the country’s capital did not directly organize celebrations for Nostalgia Night this year, anticipating the large flow of Uruguayans who would take advantage of the exchange difference and would travel to Argentina for the long weekend for the Declaration of Independence.
Already at the beginning of this week there was no availability of fluvial or air tickets to travel during the weekend to Argentinaa sign of the magnitude of the phenomenon of tourism and consumption of Uruguayans in the neighboring country at the hands of their devaluation and high price of Dolar blue.
“Many people are leaving for Argentina and we know that there are people who hired some places to go to celebrate the Night of Nostalgia in Buenos Aires”, they told Ambit from the Uruguayan Chamber of Party and Event Rooms.
“This year we decided not to organize Nostalgia Night because there are more risks than the certainties that we could have regarding success. The truth is we haven’t had many queries. Last year the scenario was different, a week before we no longer had a place anywhere”, said the representative of the Chamber, Daniel Serrato.
Source: Ambito
