Using credit and debit cards is common in almost all shops, with the added perk of tax discounts for foreign tourists.

Enrique Antía's plans for other tourist attractions. Lobos Island and its submerged environment became the first entirely fully oceanic of Uruguay's 19 protected areas. The Environment Ministry ...

Last season Uruguay experienced an 18.5% increase in the number of foreign visitors relative to 2014-2015 and this brought in a total of US$785 million. Uruguay's deputy tourism minister said that ...