He Ministry of Tourism released a guide investments that presents the country’s conditions to attract those seeking to bet on the sector tourist, within the framework of a season positive.
Named “Tourism Doing Business, Investing in Uruguay”, The guide was developed by Mintur with the technical and financial support of United Nations the support of Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF). In five chapters, it proposes an outstanding context that supports the conditions for investing in the country and the strategy that this Secretary of State has taken inside and outside the borders.
“Uruguay It is a great country to invest in,” stated the Minister of Tourism, Tabare Viera,and explained that the document presents the conditions of the republic to attract investors.
The guide in printed and digital format brings together information on investment opportunities, the competitive landscape, current regulations and tourist attractions, containing five chapters that address everything from the economic scenario to the positioning of the tourism sector in the region and the world.
The leader assured that “public policies and the efforts of the private sector allowed the recovery of the tourism sector after the “Covid-19 pandemic” and assured that the government has shown sensitivity to this situation and will continue to develop public policies that respond to the reality of the sector.
He added that “the tourism It is a great engine of development and has perhaps been one of the sectors most affected by the pandemic crisis, but it has also proven the great resilience it has, particularly in Uruguay, “as a result of the implementation of public policies and the tenacity of the private sector has recovered” and stated: “It still has challenges, without a doubt.”
Technical and financial support from organizations
The executive president of the CAF, Sergio Díaz Granados, was in charge of opening the activity and stated that “this Guide reflects what has Uruguay”. “That economic stability institutional; innovation, entrepreneurship and human talent; the offer of Sun and beach; nautical tourism and cruise ships; fertile lands for agrotourism and wine tourism. All of this is reflected in the potential that the Guide has and also highlights the important investments that have already been made,” he said.
Díaz Granados said that the initiative “is an orientation for investors about where the country’s opportunities are in terms of tourism and what the arrival of that investment in the country can be like.”
“It will be useful, for example, to the main sales force that has Uruguay, who are their ambassadors abroad. It will also serve us as CAF to promote investment destinations in different forums worldwide in a much more orderly manner, because the guide descends to the sectors and the investment opportunities that the country has,” he concluded.
Generate more investments in the region
On the other hand, the regional director for the Americas of UN Tourism, Gustavo Santos, He referred to “generating more investments in our region” and pointed out that “for this we have a common methodology that we have imposed through these Investment Guides, which we have agreed with the different countries and with CAF, so that all the countries of the region can finally show its potential.”
The president attended the event Luis Lacalle Pou; the vice president of the Republic, Beatriz Argimón; the secretary of the Presidency, Rodrigo Ferres; the Minister of Industry, Elisa Facio; the undersecretary of Mintur, Remo Monzeglio; and the executive director of UN Tourism, Natalia Bayona.
The contents of the guide were also presented by Bayonne. The representative of the organization referred to the 71% growth of the foreign direct investment in the country, stating that “Uruguay “It is a success story of Latin Americans investing in Latin America, which is an excellent message to send to investors.”
The contents of the Guide
“Tourism Doing Business, Investing in Uruguay” presents various contents in its chapter. The first and second collect the economic and investment panorama of Uruguay. Meanwhile, chapter three highlights the benefits and benefits of investing, while chapter four analyzes the green investments and its relationship with the tourism sector and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Finally, chapter five analyzes the positioning of the tourism sector in the world and in the region, highlighting the sector’s contribution to GDP of the country, one of the highest in the region.
Source: Ambito
