Hotel capacity, this holiday, reached 100%, especially in the sectors of the coastal axis and the Austro, such as Cuenca and Azogues.
Two million three hundred and fourteen thousand people mobilized during the holiday for the Day of the Dead and the independence of Cuenca, he said Juan Zapata, ECU911 director, at a press conference on the evaluation of the holiday, in which the National Police and the National Service for Risk and Emergency Management also participated.
During the holiday 48,297 police officers participated, distributed throughout the country.
The land terminals, in this year, registered the movement of 879,146 people, 283% more than in the previous holiday and for all the tolls in the country there was a movement of 1’434.855 people, giving a total of 2’314.001 people.
127,148 alerts were presented, 19% less than the previous holiday. 50,523 emergencies, 12% less compared to 2020.
615 biovigilance jobs have been registered, which are incidents that are prevented from turning into crimes. 75% of these emergencies have been for citizen security, 11% for health management and 8.4% for traffic and mobility.
There were 1,149 agglomerations, in terms of holidays there is a reduction of 25%, 1,154 on this holiday and 1,528 on the previous one.
During the holiday there were 6,647 libadores, 23% less compared to the previous holiday. 4,434 scandals, 30% less. There have been 4 suicides, 69% less than in 2020, and 5 suicide attempts. 30 violent deaths were reported nationwide.
Almost 100,000 vehicles left Guayaquil by road to the coast. Most returned Tuesday
The only figure that has increased by 8% is domestic violence; last year it was 1,680 and now it is 1,814.
There were 87 flood emergencies, 57% were registered in Quito.
Throughout the coastal axis, 303,000 people were mobilized, 1,023% more than the previous year.
So far 30,212 vehicles have left Quito and 26,113 have returned. 28 detainees have been registered for ingesting liquor and 899 citations have been issued.
1,098 security buttons have been activated, 133 transfers of values, 110 orders to homes and 5,744 contacts to citizens.
There were 911 detainees, 6 gangs dismantled nationwide, 80 firearms, 162 knives and 335 ammunition withdrawn, 169 vehicles searched, 22 recovered, 164 motorcycles retained and 34 recovered.
62,884 transport units were moved through terminals, 98% did so with a security kit. The largest number of people have moved from the Guayaquil terminals, 18.8%; Quito, 16%; Santo Domingo, 7.4%; and Cuenca, 6 %. This holiday a total of 2’314.001 people have been mobilized.
“This holiday becomes the holiday with the greatest movement of people registered in the country during the entire pandemic, but not only that, it is one of the holidays with the greatest intensity compared to normal holidays, that is, before the pandemic”, says Juan Zapata.
A fundamental conclusion, continues Zapata, is that the Government’s objective of orderly, safe reactivation and protocols has been fulfilled. “This shows that when we work as a team, obviously looking at health and reactivation, we do it.”
Zapata said that the tourism chambers reported that the hotel capacity, this holiday, has reached 100%, especially in the sectors of the coastal axis and the Austro such as Cuenca and Azogues. (I)
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