Mayor Enrique Antía also highlighted the tourist movement that it generated. “It positions us in the region and the world,” he highlighted.
Maldonado added investments of more than 500 thousand dollars to host the final of the South American Cup, that were constituted in works that will be fixed improvements for the department, as explained by the mayor Enrique Antía.
At the same time, Antía He highlighted that the sporting event, which was held at the Domingo Burgueño Miguel Stadium and declared the champion of the Quito University Sports League (Ecuador), who beat Fortaleza on penalties (Brazil), mobilized about 15 thousand tourists, which continues to consolidate Maldonado as destination.
“It positions us in the region and the world,” said the mayor about the movement that occurred in the spa with the arrival of thousands of Brazilian and Ecuadorian fans. “Leave the 15 thousand visitors who came, consume and know the area, pay for the hotel and restaurants,” he highlighted.
The department head also highlighted that “with this final we achieved an investment of more than 500 thousand dollars in fixed improvements that remain for Maldonado”, among which he specified the tasks in the stadium.
From Ecuador they spoke of an “impeccable” Maldonado
For his part, the Ecuadorian ambassador in Uruguay, Roberto Illingworth, He also highlighted that he found a Maldonado “impeccable” and “without stress” in the preparations to organize the final, at a time when the sector is also preparing for the incipient summer season, with the aim of overcoming the possible impact that the crisis may generate in Argentina.
Thus, in the framework of a meeting with the mayor Antía and the mayors of Punta del Este and Maldonado, Javier Carballal and Andrés Rapetti, Illingworth thanked the hospitality and did not hesitate to describe the image of the department as “impeccable”, while Rapetti appreciated the idea of “Maldonado, Capital of Sports”, as a goal for the coming years and valued the arrival of the public from the Brazilian northeast and Ecuador, who “are not the ones who usually choose our coast to rest.”
Source: Ambito
