Marina Cantera highlighted the beginning of summer, taking into account the impact of the Argentine economy.
The president of the Uruguayan Chamber of Tourism, Marina Cantera, assured that the first fortnight of the summer season this year was auspicious, even taking into account the impact of the Argentine economy – knowing that a large part of the public that visits the Uruguay is Argentine -; Meanwhile, the Minister of Tourism assured that there was less attendance with an increase in spending per tourist.
The president of the chamber assured that the weekends This is when Uruguayan resorts are most crowded, marked by an increase in domestic tourism. “There has been movement throughout the country, in the different spas. In some cases a more concentrated movement, especially now, on weekends, because it is very marked by the Uruguayan”, Cantera remarked to Underrayado.
However, he admitted that there is a perceived lack of the Argentine middle class that visited the Uruguay, marked by a economic crisis on the other side of the river that caused many Argentine tourists not to choose the eastern beaches to spend the summer. “Weekdays are when you feel the lack of the Argentine middle class that is not coming,” he explained.
Meanwhile, he assured that the Uruguayan tourism sector managed to open up to other markets in the region, especially the Brazilian one. This is due, according to Cantera, to “the very constant work that was done throughout the year to capture this market.” However, he detailed other nationalities that chose the Uruguay to spend the summer like Chileans, Paraguayans and even Americans, although more focused on a nature tourism.
Recovery expectations
In relation to what Cantera said, the Minister of Tourism, Tabare Vieraassured that the tourism sector It has managed to recover quite a bit since that drop in activity caused by the pandemic in 2020.
“It is a sector that suffered a lot during the pandemic, but today we can say that it has recovered,” he assured. In that sense, he announced that the data will be known this Wednesday through the Smart Tourism Observatorywhere encouraging data is expected regarding tourist activity in 2023.
Regarding the impact of the economic crisis on Argentina in it Uruguay, Specifically in the tourism sector, Viera assured that it is perceived that “spending per tourist has grown, but it has not increased in the same proportion as the number of visitors.”
Source: Ambito
