According to what the Brazilian Minister of Tourism Minister, Marx Beltrão, told to the also Minister from Uruguay, Liliam Kechichian, Brazil will legalize gambling. The ministers recently met in Sao Paulo, during the World Travel Market Latin America 2017.
National operators
should be "very smart to be competitive," warned Kechichian, as
casinos are an attraction for visitors from Brazil. Brazilians choose Uruguay
for their holidays and especially Punta del Este because in their country
casinos are banned.
"Brazil announces the authorization of gaming in its territory, a measure
closely linked to the hotel sector, which forces us (Uruguayan operators in the
sector) to be very intelligent to be competitive," said Kechichian, in
dialogue with The Secretariat of Institutional Communication.
The Minister of Tourism expressed her reflection in the understanding that one
of the attractions of Uruguay for Brazilians is the possibility of visiting
entertainment and gambling venues in the main tourist attractions of Uruguay.
She met with Minister
Beltrão and also with the Secretary of Tourism of Argentina, Alejandro Eloy
Lastra, in the World Travel Market Latin America 2017, which took place between
on April 4-6 in San Pablo. The three government representatives participated in
a round table discussion following the theme "Tourism as a tool for
development".
In that international fair, the Uruguayan Ministry of Tourism promoted the
country's offer, with emphasis on the 100 years of presentation of the tango "La
cumparsita”. Kechichian had reported in a press conference that in the first
three months of this year 137,000 Brazilian tourists arrived in the country,
28.3% more than in the same period of 2016.
Source: GMB / Republica (Uruguay)
