Expenditures exceeded income to the country, according to data from the National Directorate of Migration.
Within the framework of the Tourism Week, 212,111 people left from Uruguay to different countries, according to data from outbound tourism surveyed between Friday the 22nd and Friday the 29th by the National Migration Directorate of the Ministry of Interior.
Despite the reduction in price gap, Argentina It was the main destination chosen by travelers during the long weekend. It is therefore not surprising that the main egress points were Paysandu, with 38,812 people (18.3%), followed by Fray Bentos, with 35,686 (16.82%) and Cologne, with 33,027 (15.57%).
Behind were the Carrasco International Airport, with 27,338 people (12.89%), Leap, 26,297 (12.4%), Rio Branco, 18,489 (8.72%), Chuy, 13,936 (6.57%), the Port of Montevideo, 7,358 (3.47%), Rivera, 6,455 (3.04%) and other points, 4,713 (2.22%).
What happened to incoming tourism?
On the other hand, the amount of tourists Those who entered during that period were slightly less than those who left, with a total of 203,697 citizens.
Excluding the Uruguayans, which represented 97,367 of the income (47.8%), it was the Argentines who came closest to the country, accounting for 77,251, 37.92% of the total. This situation is not surprising, after having seen in recent days significant lines of citizens of the neighboring country in the border posts, with long lines and more than three hours of waiting.
Much later, the citizens of Brazil, with 12,180 (5.98%); USA, with 2,507 (1.23%); Paraguay, with 1,634 (0.8%); Chili, 1,556 (0.76%), Colombia, 1,316 (0.65%), Peru, 1,220 (0.60%); Spain, 1,184 (0.58%) and other countries, 7,482 (3.67%).
Source: Ambito
