The Ministry of Tourism highlighted the good summer season and continues to seek to promote Uruguay and its ports.
He Ministry of Tourism reported that they arrived at Port of Montevideo 65 cruises and 88 are still missing, within the framework of a good summer season where cruises and private flights stand out.
The director of Tourism of the Montevideo MunicipalityFernando Amado assured Subrayado that a total of 153 cruise ships will pass through the port of Montevideo. So far, 65 have arrived and there are still 88 to come that will arrive in mid-April. Of the total number of cruise ships that arrived at Uruguay, all had their maximum capacity, so a high number of people are expected to visit the Uruguayan capital and Punta del Este.
International promotion
Meanwhile, since Ministry of Tourism They assured that from October 2023 to April of this year 232 ships will arrive at the Uruguay, and of that total 74 will visit Punta del Este. This coincides with the ministry’s intentions to promote Uruguayan ports internationally.
In this sense, the presence of the Uruguay in two very important international fairs in the tourism sector. One of them takes place in Miami, United States, between April 8 and 11 – Seatrade Cruise Global -, while the second in Malaga, Spain, between September 11 and 12 – Seatrade Cruise Med -.
The Port of Colonia exceeded expectations
He Port of Cologne It surpassed its historical record in passenger movement in 2023, after the port terminal registered a flow of more than 2.6 million people last year, above the expectations held by the national government itself.
He president of the National Ports Administration (ANP), Juan Curbelospecified that the total movement in the maritime terminal of Sacramento Colony It was 2,670,000 people in that period, exceeding the government’s own projections, which estimated around 2.5 million.
According to the president of the ANP, much of the movement was explained by the number of Uruguayan citizens who traveled to Argentina during 2023 as a result of the exchange difference between both countries, which triggered the price gap in products and services.
Likewise, he stressed that the recent expansion works in the port terminal gave it the capacity to support such a volume of travelers. In that sense, he stated that the ANP is working to carry out new works that benefit passengers and the transportation companies that connect Cologne with Buenos Aires.
Source: Ambito
