Tourism public policy in Uruguay (1986-2010)

The present article describes and analyzes the evolution of public policy on tourism in Uruguay in the last twenty years, since the creation of the Ministry of Tourism in 1986 until 2010. Different public policy instruments used in tourism are described each term of office and functions assumed by the state in the context of tourism are analyzed. Finally we proceed to a periodization of its evolution, establishing three phases of tourism public policy: the development policy for the restoration of democracy (1985-1989) of neoliberalism (1990-2004) and the new stage of tourism public policy (2005-2010). Analysis Method of policies and in particular developed for the case of tourism by Spanish researcher Maria Velasco Gonzalez was used.