Tourism Statistics and TrendsMONTHLY TOURIST ARRIVALS, 1994 - 1996
Month |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
Var.% 1994 -1995 |
Var.% 1995 - 1996 |
| January | 351,125 |
335,017 |
311,553 |
-4.6 |
-7.0 |
| February | 292,440 |
266,911 |
280,545 |
-8.7 |
5.1 |
| March | 164,471 |
120,936 |
150,852 |
-26.5 |
24.7 |
| April | 105,325 |
146,697 |
146,537 |
39.3 |
-0.1 |
| May | 75,075 |
86,353 |
96,159 |
15.0 |
11.4 |
| June | 85,833 |
86,172 |
99,927 |
0.4 |
16.0 |
| July | 113,113 |
127,620 |
120,060 |
12.8 |
-5.9 |
| August | 93,283 |
102,229 |
112,067 |
9.6 |
9.6 |
| September | 96,832 |
109,983 |
103,977 |
13.6 |
-5.5 |
| October | 140,779 |
133,163 |
120,234 |
-5.4 |
-9.7 |
| November | 131,619 |
118,269 |
143,292 |
-10.1 |
21.1 |
| December | 216,930 |
207,187 |
205,530 |
-4.5 |
-0.8 |
| Total | 1,866,825 |
1,840,537 |
1,890,733 |
-1.4 |
2.7 |
ARRIVALS AT FRONTIERS OF VISITORS FROM ABROAD, 1991 - 1995
Regions and Countries |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
Market Share % 1995 |
| Americas | 1,211,452 |
1,498,913 |
1,629,132 |
1,771,017 |
1,716,540 |
78.9 |
| Var.% | -- |
23.7 |
8.7 |
8.7 |
-3.1 |
-- |
| East Asia/Pacific | 1,667 |
1,680 |
2,647 |
4,669 |
7,707 |
0.4 |
| Var.% | -- |
0.8 |
0.8 |
76.4 |
65.1 |
-- |
| Europe | 44,971 |
47,779 |
52,542 |
59,236 |
83,347 |
3.8 |
| Var.% | -- |
6.2 |
10.0 |
12.7 |
40.7 |
-- |
| Middle East | 702 |
943 |
-- |
123 |
323 |
0.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
34.3 |
-- |
-- |
162.6 |
-- |
| Not Specified | 251,170 |
252,357 |
318,679 |
340,412 |
369,013 |
17.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
0.5 |
26.3 |
6.8 |
8.4 |
-- |
| Total | 1,509,962 |
1,801,672 |
2,003,000 |
2,175,457 |
2,176,930 |
100.0 |
| Var.% | -- |
19.3 |
11.2 |
8.6 |
0.1 |
-- |
TOURIST ARRIVALS BY DESTINATION ZONE, 1988, 1991, 1994 - 1996
| Destination | 1988 | 1991 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | Var.% 1995 - 1996 |
| Colonia | 11,473 | 57,611 | 219,589 | 150,526 | 151,806 | 0.9 |
| Costa de Oro | 82,535 | 131,774 | 163,248 | 108,485 | 112,389 | 3.6 |
| Costa Oceanica | 8,999 | 18,912 | 48,487 | 57,202 | 59,137 | 3.4 |
| Litoral Termal | 55,116 | 115,220 | 260,775 | 267,800 | 287,544 | 7.4 |
| Montevideo | 486,474 | 488,686 | 532,489 | 687,650 | 701,254 | 2.0 |
| Piriápolis | -- | -- | -- | 78,215 | 85,368 | 9.1 |
| Punta del Este | 298,594 | 515,595 | 539,160 | 582,309 | 634,301 | 8.9 |
| Total | 1,035,980 | 1,509,962 | 2,175,457 | 2,176,930 | 2,258,616 | 3.8 |
TOURIST ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE, 1987 - 1996
Country |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
Total |
| Argentina | 671,345 |
633,205 |
817,072 |
742,228 |
1,023,798 |
1,311,856 |
1,493,239 |
1,579,683 |
1,478,036 |
1,491,845 |
11,242,307 |
| Brazil | 93,570 |
102,671 |
113,372 |
143,920 |
128,220 |
121,839 |
124,861 |
144,041 |
178,192 |
194,039 |
1,344,725 |
| Chile | 15,658 |
16,647 |
15,978 |
18,210 |
16,284 |
18,268 |
19,586 |
22,121 |
23,147 |
25,933 |
191,832 |
| Paraguay | 9,189 |
8,820 |
10,413 |
11,101 |
11,860 |
12,018 |
13,177 |
15,626 |
18,214 |
20,125 |
130,543 |
| Other | 69,481 |
82,188 |
85,738 |
87,832 |
81,970 |
88,391 |
94,080 |
105,354 |
142,948 |
158,791 |
996,773 |
| Uruguay Non-Residents | 187,697 |
192,449 |
197,861 |
263,749 |
247,834 |
249,300 |
257,600 |
308,632 |
336,393 |
367,883 |
2,609,398 |
| Total | 1,046,940 |
1,035,980 |
1,240,431 |
1,267,040 |
1,509,966 |
1,801,672 |
2,002,543 |
2,175,457 |
2,176,930 |
2,258,616 |
13,192,224 |
| Var.% | -- |
-1.0 |
19.7 |
2.1 |
19.2 |
19.3 |
11.1 |
8.6 |
0.1 |
3.8 |
-- |
Sources: Ministerio de Turismo - Uruguay & World Tourism Organization's Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Vol. II - 1997