The cruise season in Uruguay is a "very important promotional tool" that generates between 10 and 15 million dollars in the country, said Uruguayan Deputy Minister of Tourism, Benjamín Liberoff.
The cruise season "places Uruguay's ports in the spotlight worldwide"And at the same time, it is "verified" that tourists "come first on a cruise" and then stay directly to visit the country," he explained. Liberoff.
"This is a very important marketing operation for Uruguay, so that they get to know the country and then repeat it." the experience, he said Uruguayan Deputy Minister of Tourism.
On Monday morning (13.11.2017) one of the vessels that have been arriving in Uruguay since October 20 as part of the 2017-2018 cruise season arrived at the Port of Montevideo.
For In the 2017-2018 season, 100 boats are expected to arrive in Montevideo and another 65 to the coasts of the city of Punta del Este.this.
Liberoff said the figures are estimates and that "the number of cruise ships arriving in the country may increase slightly."
He also said that some 300.000 tourists are expected to disembark from cruise ships, including "crew members who disembark during stopovers in the various ports."
Travel, Liberoff said, comes primarily from Brazil and Argentina, accounting for 55% to 60%, with "the remainder coming from the Northern Hemisphere and other Latin American countries."
Source: Efe
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