The director of Tourism of the Municipality of Maldonado, Martin Laventureevaluated in dialogue with Scope the start of the summer season as “very good, with more than 200,000 Argentines, 50,000 Brazilians, 100,000 Uruguayans, the rest of the nationalities also meeting expectations.”
The leader also pointed out that there is “a good level of spending that was also foreseeable in the recovery of the tourism Argentinean which was what we had been missing in the previous season.” “Now we will have to see how the rest of the season flows, also the behavior of the weather, which has not been the best, although everything indicates that it will stabilize in the coming days,” he added.
Regarding what is coming, Laventure was optimistic. “The projections are that we are going to have a good month of January, there are already inquiries for February, so we hope this is confirmed. It worked well Brazil“The rest of the region worked well, we had been missing the Argentine public for reasons especially exchange rate and we are recovering it,” he concluded.
The president of the Real Estate Chamber of Punta del Este and director of the Chamber of Tourism (Camtur), Javier Senainformed Ámbito that occupancy in the sector reached 95% on these dates, with a very important presence of Argentines, which marks a difference with the previous season. The presence of Brazilians and Uruguayans who live abroad and choose to spend their vacations in the east was also noted.
Sena announced that there are already a significant number of consultations for the second half of January and some for the month of February.
The spokesperson for the sector stated that the high level of informality that exists remains of concern, a situation that they hope will change soon with the implementation of the real estate operator law approved by the Parliament at the end of 2024.
“It has been a good start to the summer season, I think one of the best since 2017-2018,” said the president of the Maldonado Gastronomic Corporation, Sebastian Freire. “You have to cross the line after spending the entire season, not only looking at the quantity, but also at the level of activity and profitability. But the truth is that, in gastronomy, from the comments alone that I have had from the members, everyone is very satisfied,” he added.
Regarding the reasons for this good start, Freire argued that “several conditions have changed, beyond the attributes that Punta del Esteits safety, its quality, which are key factors, macroeconomic factors in the region that have contributed and the benefit that continues to be maintained, particularly in gastronomy, of the VAT discount“It is also a factor highly valued by tourists.”
From the hotel sector, the director of Institutional Relations and Sales of the Enjoy, Javier Azcurracommented that 100% occupancy of the hotel was maintained the last week of 2024 and the first week of 2025. “On the weekends of January-February we maintain 100% and on weekdays, after January 15, we begin to have some availability” said the manager of one of the most important hotels on the peninsula.
Azcurra added that there was also a very good turnout at the musical shows and in the restaurants. “In the bowling alley Egg We opened three parties and 1,300 people came to all three parties. A success,” he summarized.
Source: Ambito
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