The bad Summer season of 2024 would seem to have been left behind and Uruguay He enjoy the arrival of Argentine tourists to their main tourist points, reactivating the sector after considerably decreasing the exchange gap With the neighboring country.
The vice minister, Monzeglio row, commented in dialogue with the press some data provided by the Statistics Department of the National Migration Directorate prepared between December 20, 2024 and the 25th of this month. There, it was determined that more than half a million Argentines crossed the Rio de la Plata To enjoy Uruguay.
“These numbers reaffirm that our tourism incentive policy has given good results and that it was vital to have communicated them in advance,” said Monzeglio.
In that sense, he highlighted the attractions of Uruguay For Argentines. “Uruguay It is still the closest and accessible option for Argentine tourists that choose to enjoy our beaches, other tourist destinations and attractions in the 19 departments of our country, ”he said.
January in numbers
In addition to the massive arrival of Argentines, other numbers were also highlighted from the statistics department. Among them, the arrival of Uruguayans not residents, which was a total of 261,448, these are followed by Brazilians with 261,448. Third are the Americans (15,401), follow the Paraguayans With 13,604 tourists, the Chileans with 10,248.
In the last places are the Spanish, Colombians and Venezuelans with 6,474, 5,529 and 5,210, respectively. Meanwhile, the arrival of 52,894 tourists from other nationalities was also perceived.
As for the main points of entry to the country by land it is located Paysandú First with a total of 192,950, representing 20.32% of the total, secondly is Fray Bentoswith 167,252 entries (17.61%) and third place occupies it Cologne with 160,626 entries and representing 16.91% of the total.
On the other hand, tickets through ports were led by the Carrasco International Airport which registered 117,334 tickets, which is equivalent to 12.36% of the total. Second is Leap with 90,039 income, representing 9.48%, while Rivera He took third place with 57,127 entries (6.02%).
He Puerto de Montevideo represented 5.43% with a total income of 51,611, Chuy It follows with 34,590 entries (3.64%). Rio Branco, For its part, it had 30,352 income (3.20%), while other points represented 5.03% of the total with 47,752 tickets.
Source: Ambito
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