He Ministry of Tourism He reported that Uruguay It received a total of 2,769,734 visitors during the first three quarters of the year, a figure that is already higher than the total income registered in all of 2022, which was 2,466,929 people.
With these numbers, the spending of foreign tourists in the country reached 305 million dollars between July and September, above the income of the third quarter of last year, driven mainly by the arrival of people from Argentina and Brazil.
He Research and Statistics Department of the tourism portfolio recorded the entry of 792,734 people in the last quarter, a figure higher than that of 2017, which placed the period July-September 2023 as the highest in the last ten years.
The arrival of Argentines and Brazilians grew
The largest number of tourists arrived from Argentina and Brazil, as usual. In total, 150,007 Brazilians arrived in the third quarter, which is equivalent to 22.8% more than in 2017 and is positioned as the best number in the last ten years. Meanwhile, there were 263,807 Argentine visitors, an increase of 19.77% annually.
When evaluating the level of spending, Tourism He specified that Argentines made expenditures of 98 million dollars between July and September, compared to the 63 million dollars that Brazilians injected into the economy.
On the other hand, with respect to outbound tourism, Uruguayans Abroad also grew in the last quarter, with a total of 1,303,405 traveling to other countries, spending 562 million dollars.
Tabaré Viera highlighted the recovery of the sector
The Minister of Tourism, Tabare Viera He stressed that these figures show the recovery of the sector and, although he admitted the effects of the exchange difference, He considered that the arrival of visitors from Brazil They represent “a market that is growing.”
“The growth of incoming tourism is consolidated in Uruguay, with the record higher than 2017, which was the best year of the decade so far,” he expressed. See and highlighted that “spending also continues to grow.”
The leader admitted that “the situation is noticeable with Argentina”, in reference to the exchange difference, but he appreciated that “the number of Brazilians continues to grow,” which he attributed to “the strong promotion strategy in that market that has so many possibilities.”
Finally, See valued that “domestic tourism also continues to grow, with cannelloni as the department that received the most people from Uruguayan visitors, with 603,213 people, followed by Montevideo with 532,219 and Maldonado with 324,805.
Source: Ambito
