It’s been a rather impossible year for wine tourism with most of Latin America closed off to the world for a large part of 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic. However, as the Covid-19 infection rate begins to get under control wineries are beginning to open their doors in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, welcoming local tourists now and preparing to welcome foreign tourists in the months to come.
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Wine tourism in Uruguay
Uruguay is not yet open to international tourism with restrictions still in place to curb any spread of Covid-19. With a population of just 3.5 million people Uruguay usually relies on the 2.5 million foreign tourists they receive a year for most of its tourism activities, although many wineries in Uruguay and open for local tourists.
“We are entering a rather strange summer without tourists!” explains Pia Carrau about her family’s winery which is the most-visited in northern Uruguay, Bodega Cerro Chapeau. Most of the tourists in Rivera are usually coming from Brazil and with Uruguay’s closed border at the moment, any travel between countries is restricted.