The Montevideo bus terminal expects 5% more movement compared to last year’s Carnival, and 12,000 buses are expected between arrivals and departures.
The bus terminal Three Crosses in Montevideo experience a new increase in movement before the long weekend and the Carnival Week in Uruguay. In total, for the entire week, 12,000 buses are expected to pass between arrivals and departures.
February offers an extra break with the extra long weekend thanks to the working holidays on Monday and Tuesday, on the occasion of the Carnival, which some people take advantage of to turn into a week’s vacation to, generally, visit a local tourist destination.
In that sense, the head of the Control Tower of Three Crosses, Pablo Saraví, He pointed out that at the terminal they expect a 5% increase in movements during this week, compared to the Carnival Week last year, as he explained to Subrayado.
“We are not having significant growth so far this year, but we are moving with good numbers,” he said. On Friday afternoon, a large number of Uruguayans began to be seen in the terminal, with the peak of movement recorded between 4 and 7 p.m.
The estimate was 1,300 buses on just the first day of the long weekend, a good figure for a Friday, according to Saraví.
Likewise, a new peak of work is expected between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, due to the spare part of those who could not take the entire week and must return to their jobs between Wednesday and Thursday.
How is the 2024 holiday calendar completed?
The first two holidays of the year have already passed, January 1 – which was immovable and non-working – and January 6, Three Kings’ Day – workable and immovable.
Three working holidays are moved to the previous Monday, in case they fall between Tuesday and Friday, with the aim of creating long weekends in Uruguay and promoting tourism: April 19 (Desembarco de los Treinta y Tres Orientales), on May 18 (Battle of Las Piedras) and October 12 (Day of respect for cultural diversity).
In summary, these are the holidays missing in the year:
- Thursday, March 28 and Friday, March 29 – Tourism Week (working days, immovable)
- Monday, April 22 – Disembarkation of the 33 Orientales (Working and, if still under the same law, moves to Monday, April 19).
- Wednesday, May 1 – Workers’ Day (non-working, does not move)
- Saturday, May 18 – Battle of the Stones (working, mobile)
- Saturday, June 17 – Birthday of Artigas (weekdays, runs to Monday, June 19)
- Thursday, July 18 – Swearing in of the Constitution (non-working, no running)
- Sunday, August 25 – Declaration of Independence (non-working, immovable)
- Saturday, October 12 – Day of respect for cultural diversity. (working, immovable)
- Saturday, November 2 – All Souls’ Day (working days, no running)
- Wednesday, December 25 – Christmas (not working, not passed).
Source: Ambito
