From the sector they assure that they are harmed by the cancellation of stops and demand an improvement of the local port.
The category of tourist transporters of Punta del Este claim to Ministry of Tourism the urgent construction of a dock for cruises since they assure that their work is harmed by the cancellation of stopovers.
Activity was strongly affected this summer with a 20% decrease in one of the most touristic cities in the country. Uruguay. “Many people say that the travel star is Punta del Estebut they are canceling Punta del Este, they are not arriving,” representatives of the sector assured Telemundo.
In that sense, they commented that this type of situation is increasingly common. “We had the situation of a passenger who, through a travel agency, contacted us to say that the operation with us was canceled due to the weather in Punta del Este; However, that day we saw people swimming between docks,” they said.
Claim to the Ministry of Tourism
For this reason, the sector is demanding the urgent construction of a dock for cruise ships in Punta del Este. “What is urgent at this moment is the cruise port. The Ministry of Tourism should take note of the number of tourist passengers that are being lost in Punta del Este, the cruise port is imminent,” they noted.
In this way, they asked that the political system take tourism into account as a State policy. “This problem has been going on for a long time, and neither the last administration nor this one has done anything. We want commitment from politicians who say what they are going to do here in Maldonado and that they move forward with the port project,” they demanded.
A company project Berkes proposes a reform of the port of Punta del Este to have better competitiveness at the regional level. It would allow the creation of docking positions for maxiyachts and at least 140 new moorings for sports boats, by extending the existing marinas.
Source: Ambito
