MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Uruguay's cruise season recorded 250.000 passenger landings in three months
The number of calls in Montevideo during November to January was 58, with 156.100 people of which 112.400 (72%) came ashore. 
Uruguay's other main harbor, the international Atlantic seaside resort of Punta del Este received 32 calls and 98.400 passengers of which 66.000 went ashore (67%) More than 250.000 passengers and crew members from cruise vessels visited Uruguay during the three months extending from November to January, according to the latest release from the country's Ministry of Tourism. The number of calls in Montevideo during that period was 58, with 156.100 people of which 112.400 (72%) came ashore.
Uruguay's other main harbor; the international Atlantic seaside resort of Punta del Este received 32 calls and 98.400 passengers of which 66.000 went ashore (67%). It is estimated that the 178.400 passengers who landed spent over six million dollars in Uruguay.
As to the origin of passengers in the quarter analyzed, 45% were Brazilian, 17% Argentines and 11% from the US.
Uruguay's 2015/16 cruise season took off on 6 November 2015 with the arrival of the Zaandam to Montevideo and is scheduled to end on 10 April with the Norwegian Sun. By then Montevideo will have received an estimated 109 calls and Punta del Este, 61.
In the last season, 2014/15 which extended from October to April the number of calls was 172 and passengers coming ashore both in Montevideo and Punta del Este, reached 332.000.
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Read all commentsSo the idiot tourism minister who convinced the rest of the children who 'rule' us has just wasted U$S 6M with the no altering clocks decision for 'tourists sake': that is costing all of us who pay electricity bills ANOTHER U$S 6M on top of ANCAP, UTE, OSE, ANTEL and a plethora of other government monopolies.
Feb 20th, 2016 - 11:15 am 0Putting up port fees in Punta Del Este caused the dramatic fall in the number of ships visiting the place.
These Broad Fraud morons think themselves to be so clever as well!
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