Even with lowest Covid-19 infection, South America’s luxury beach resort to stay shut for foreigners this summer
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Even with lowest Covid-19 infection, South America’s luxury beach resort to stay shut for foreigners this summer

Hindustan Times  

One of South America’s top summer destinations will remain closed to foreign tourists this summer. South America’s posh summer spot to stay shut during Covid-19 pandemic Uruguay, home to luxury beach resort Punta del Este, will keep international borders closed this summer, President Luis Lacalle Pou said late Thursday. The country, which boasts the lowest Covid infection and mortality rates in South America, will opt to protect its public health gains over the economy as Covid-19 rages in neighboring Argentina and Brazil. “It’s the first time in history the country will have a summer season with its international borders closed,” Tourism Minister German Cardoso told reporters Friday. That leaves Uruguay’s struggling hotels and restaurants hoping that the 2.2 million Uruguayans who spent $1.2 billion on international travel last year, will opt to vacation at home instead of risking a brush with Covid in Europe or North America.

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