With today’s national holiday, thousands of Argentines are taking advantage of the long weekend and returning to Uruguay’s side of the Tango Coast for the first time since the January/February high season. The Dia de la Raza holiday is giving locals and visitors alike a taste of what’s to come for Season 2011.
Nelson Fernandez, La Nacion’s correspondent in Uruguay says the influx of tourists is a welcome sight in Punta del Este where many homes and condos are being re-opened and aired out for the first time in seven months.
Uruguay’s Vice Minister of Tourism, Liliam Kechichian, says while the government does not have tourism projections for Season 2011, hotels and condo rental agencies have been reporting a significant increase in summer bookings in the past few weeks.
While Argentines are still expected to account for 60-70% of summer vacationers in Uruguay, that percentage is falling with the growing influx of Brazilians, whose presence is now a year-round phenomenon, and increasingly Americans and British tourists, thanks to recent glowing reviews of Uruguay in BBC News & MetroUK, The Miami Herald and The New York Times. (Full Story in Spanish)
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