Due to Tourism Week, there was intense movement on the border, with some crowds in Fray Bentos.
Long lines of cars were observed crossing from Argentina to Uruguay during Tourism Week.
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A long line of vehicles was seen on the international bridge San Martin, that unites Fray Bentos with Gualeguaychu, with delays of up to three and a half hours for citizens who tried to travel from Argentina toward Uruguay, within the framework of the Tourism Week.
The congestion is reminiscent of what happened throughout last year but in reverse, when the exchange difference favored the crossing of Uruguayan families for today reduced price gap.
In parallel, a “very good movement” was observed in the terminal Three Crosses, As highlighted by the head of the control tower, Pablo Saraví, in dialogue with Channel 10, while specifying that some 300,000 passengers are expected to be mobilized these days, with this Friday being the busiest.
In turn, it was highlighted that between arrivals and departures the numbers increased by 2% year-on-year, although they are still 8% below what happened in 2019, in the prepandemic.
Migration data and outbound tourism
According to the data provided by the National direction of Migration, About 120,000 people entered the country in recent days, more than half of them Uruguayans. Among the countries with the greatest movement, nearly 40,000 arrived in the country Argentines and 6,500 Brazilians.
Regarding the data of the outbound tourism, There were more than 173,000 people who left the country in the last few days, with Paysandu as the main point of egress, with 29,404 people.
Behind them were Fray Bentos, with 28,324; Cologne, with 26,565; and the Carrasco airport, with 22,521 departures. 7 out of every 10 travelers left through these border posts. As for destinations, more than 50,000 crossed from Uruguay to Argentina and some 30,000 headed to Brazil.
Source: Ambito
