He Ministry of Tourism released the figures corresponding to the 2023 statistical yearbook, in which visitors from Argentina, which continue to be the preferred ones, although there is a significant increase in brazilians and of internal tourism.
Regarding incoming tourism, Uruguay recorded a 55.5% increase in the number of visitors compared to the same period in 2022, falling below the historical figure for 2017 by 2.8%.
In total, there were 3,835,041 tourists who visited the country in 2023, generating income for a total of 1,776 million dollars, 27.1% more than in 2022. As usual, the Argentines They continue to be the foreign tourists with the greatest presence in the country, with an increase of 40.8% compared to 2022 and reaching the figure of 1,646,631.
However, the 2023 data leaves several changes in the composition of visitors according to nationalities. Regarding the brazilians, 2023 results in a historical record of visitors and spending. The highest number dates back to 2017, with a total of 593,057 tourists arriving, with a total expenditure of 334 million dollars.
The same happens with the chileans, where a historical record of visitors is also recorded, reaching 81,891 people; followed by the paraguayans, with 57,713 admissions; the Americans with 134,668 people; then the Europeans with 187,549; closing with other nationalities of America, with a total of 243,678 admissions. In all these cases, historical records were recorded, surpassing the data from 2017.
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Outbound tourism
With respect to outbound tourism, Uruguayans traveled abroad 103% more than in 2022. A total of 4,845,426 citizens traveled abroad and spent 1,962 million dollars. In relation to internal tourism, Uruguayans registered a record of internal visitors in 2023, reaching the figure of 19,102,466, 8% more than 2022.
The departments of Canelones, Montevideo and Maldonado were the ones that received the most visits, while the month of January marks the record number of Uruguayans visiting other destinations, a total of 2,036,415 people in departments other than their residence.
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Intense work and a good start to 2024
The Minister of Tourism, Tabare Viera, He said that to reach these figures the Ministry of Tourism worked in coordination with the private sector after the official launch of the summer season and carried out multiplatform promotional campaigns in Uruguay, the region and extra region, in addition to participating in the main tourism fairs in the region and the world.
“The important thing is that we conclude that tourism in Uruguay has recovered after the pandemic. And that is the result of the resilience and work of the private sector and the public policies with which we have encouraged the state and departmental governments,” he expressed. See.
At the same time, without yet handling official figures, the leader was emphatic in stating that the beginning of the season 2024 It was very good. “Opinions that we have from operators tell us that there was significant occupancy in the hotel sector, with a good number of reservations for the second half of January, but since mid-December we knew that we would have a very good level of income to the country similar to 2021 or 2022,” added the Secretary of State.
Smart Tourism Observatory
The call was also presented this Wednesday “Smart Tourism Observatory”, which consists of a platform that collects, processes and analyzes data related to tourist activity in a specific region.
In this way, the Ministry of Tourism It will handle updated information to make decisions in coordination with businessmen in the sector and other actors involved in decision-making.
In this first stage we worked together with Antel and the company HG, with whom the first data was launched in the different outbound and inbound tourism events. The data obtained will be presented monthly and biweekly in high season.
Source: Ambito
