During the Summit of MERCOSUR Heads of State held in Mendoza emphasized the importance of support from all participants of the Eleventh Meeting of Ministers of Tourism to postulate that both countries jointly host the football World Cup in order to have more vacation packages to Argentina and Uruguay.
During the Eleventh Meeting of Ministers of Tourism, authorities in Argentina and Uruguay highlighted the joint work being done between the two countries in order to host World Cup 2030. They also highlighted the benefits the event has on tourism and economic for the region because a lot of tourists will use vacation packages to destinations like Iguazu Falls and Patagonia Argentina and Colonia, Montevideo and Punta del Este in Uruguay.
Of note in the formation history of the Binational Commission to promote the candidacy and organization of the World Cup 2030 in Buenos Aires Declaration signed by the president of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and the president of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Jose Mujica, in August 2011.