The vice president of Audavi assured that the demand for packages abroad exceeded the supply and a great movement is expected.
One month before the start of Tourism Week All the air tour packages have already been sold while there are some land tour packages left. Argentina and Brazil; Meanwhile, a great movement is also expected in domestic tourism, just as it happened during the holidays. Carnival.
The main destinations being several cities in Brazil as Florianópolis, Rio de Janeiro and Recifeas well as the Caribbean – where Playa del Carmen and Cancún stand out -, Miami and some points of Europe, the Uruguayans chose once again to anticipate the Tourism Week and buy the packages well in advance.
“The packages were sold a month before the Tourism Week. This shows that there is much more demand than supply because people continue to consult,” explained the vice president of the Uruguayan Association of Travel Agencies (Audavi) to Radio Monte Carlo.
In relation to pre-pandemic demand, the vice president He was optimistic. “We are already at levels similar to those prior to the pandemic and the demand would have been higher if we had had more supply. We can say that the Easter this year would have greatly surpassed that of 2019 if we had more offers,” he explained.
More movement inside
As for the internal tourism, the Undersecretary of Tourism, Remo Monzeglio, highlighted the tourist activities that the Uruguay during the month of March.
“The Tourism Week tends to be practically a carbon copy of what the Carnival week. It is a time of year when we Uruguayans move a lot,” explained Monzeglio, who added that a large movement of internal tourism is expected in the country.
Regarding winter, the leader assured that the sector that stands out the most is thermal tourism where the departments involved, such as Leap and Paysandu, They highlighted that during the summer there was a great turnout. “I think this is going to last, those who like winter will also be able to enjoy the hot springs,” he said.
Source: Ambito
