Private investors announced their intentions to build a luxury hotel in the city of Beautiful Unionin the department of Artigas, which will require an investment of 30 million dollars, one of the four projects that have the objective of promoting internal tourism in it Uruguay.
The name of the complex would be Hotel & Casino Avenida Trinacional and would be located at the entrance to the city of Bella Unión, Artigas. The building would have 80 rooms, a casino, a bus terminal, shopping, a restaurant and a bar. On the other hand, it would have open and closed swimming pools, as well as sports facilities such as paddle and tennis courts, an artificial pitch and an amphitheater, according to the Artigas Municipality.
For this, an investment of 30 million dollars would be needed, while the works would last two and a half years and would require 400 people to build it, as confirmed by the businessman behind the investment. Nelson Brandon to Telemundo.
This project is supported by the government, even by the President of the Republic himself, Luis Lacalle Pou. “The investment is a combo, it happened in Punta del Este, why won’t it happen in Bella Unión? They want to build a hotel and they ask for a casino, what is the difference between Punta del Este and Beautiful Union to have a casino? “said the leader at a press conference.
Meanwhile, the possibility of it being a trinational proposal was also put on the table in the sense that the investors estimated a possible construction of a bridge that would Artigas with the city of Monte Caseros in Argentina, to which is added the proximity of the department with Brazil.
The objective of promoting domestic tourism
At the beginning of August, the Uruguayan government authorized the call to International Competitive Bidding for the construction and start-up of a “luxury” hotel with a private casino in Paysandu.
The decision is based on the private initiative presented by the company Arena Paysandú SASof Argentine capitals. This project was accepted at the end of 2022, while the feasibility studies were approved in May.
The objective is to build a hotel with a casino room included and a convention center, for one investment of 22 million dollars in the place where it was The old Paysandú cinema was once located in the former Ambassador room.
In the department of Rocha, For its part, the international tender was launched for the construction of a hotel with luxury casino room in the spa town of La Paloma.
The minister of Tourism, Tabare Vieraannounced that local or international interested parties will be able to purchase the document until Monday, October 23 for a cost of $10,000, and that the opening of envelopes will begin on Tuesday, October 24.
Meanwhile, the government is advancing with the bidding document to award the former Hotel Casino Carmelowith the aim of turning it into an important tourist spot in Uruguay. According to the undersecretary of Tourism, Rowing Monzeglio The government intends that the private investors present a project that includes a hotel with a convention room for 500 people.
The hotel would have a hall for events and shows, a restaurant with international and local cuisine, a heated swimming pool, more than 100 rooms and a 200-meter dock for tourists to arrive in small boats, yachts and sailboats on the side of the former Hotel Casino Carmelo, after its reconstruction and reform. In addition, a license would be granted to manage a private casinoan incentive to achieve the presentation of these projects
Source: Ambito
