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“The fact that they are familiar makes you arrive at the winery and you
find the third or fourth generation that manages it and you can meet the

owner of the winery, so the visit becomes more interactive and gives the
tourist the Feeling of being at home, “said Pizzorno.

In Montevideo and its surroundings, “50% of the wineries in Uruguay are
concentrated”, whose wines have achieved an increasingly significant

place in the world’s wines, especially its more typical variety, tannat, a
key element for Positioning of the Uruguayan country brand in the world.
In Uruguay there are 130 tourism establishments in rural and natural

areas.

The MINTURD Strategic Planning Area reported that the number of es-
tablishments in the tourism modality in rural and natural spaces increases
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due to formalization. Most of the proposals are concentrated in Colonia,
Oeste de Montevideo, Maldonado, Lavalleja and Rocha.

The portfolio promotes training courses for workers in the establish-

ments, technological reconversion and access to credit. At present, 130
tourism establishments in rural and natural areas throughout the country
are registered in the Ministry of Tourism and Sports (MINTURD). In the
payroll are included not only the undertakings dedicated to rural tourism
but also to ecotourism and adventure.

“It is probable that a family, an entrepreneur or the members of a social
organization are engaged in agricultural activities and also resolve to

exploit it, in a complementary way, from the tourist point of view”, he de-
scribed.An informative table of the MINTURD that illustrates the number
of Visitors to Uruguay, according to the accommodation used, shows that
in 2011 were 6,873 people.

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