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Picking a Chile eSIM means planning for 4,300 km of contrast, from Santiago’s fast networks to the dead zones of the Carretera Austral — this guide walks the whole length of it. Chile’s mobile map is stretched the same way. A profile that is brilliant in Santiago can hand you nothing at all on the Carretera Austral, and the carrier that holds one bar in Torres del Paine is rarely the one that wins a downtown speed test. Two buying rules changed recently and both catch visitors out: a Chilean prepaid chip is no longer plug-and-play, and the phone you brought with you starts a countdown the moment a local SIM goes in. Where Chile’s carriers disagree with the marketing copy, we say so — check the registration section for the fine print that actually bites.

Quick answer: The honest summary for a Chile eSIM: Entel for reach, Movistar for price, and very little separating them in the big cities. Never installed a profile? The activation how-to runs through it, and the plan tables below do the rest.

The verdict up front: City itinerary? Entel holds the widest 4G/5G footprint in the country. Patagonia, the far north or the Lake District? Movistar is the safer bet once you leave the central valley. Staying in Santiago and counting every peso? Claro and WOM undercut everyone in the city and thin out badly beyond it. Or skip the store queue entirely — a travel eSIM roams onto Entel, Movistar and Claro with no RUT, no IMEI paperwork and no store visit. A test-drive eSIM tests the networks at no cost, and WEB20 trims 20% off Chile eSIM plans.

What this Chile carrier guide covers

Best Chile eSIM carrier for your trip: Entel vs Movistar

Your itinerary Top pick Why it wins Watch out for
Santiago city break Entel Fastest urban 5G and the deepest in-building coverage downtown Metro platforms are congested at peak hours
Valparaíso and Viña del Mar Entel Coastal 4G/5G is solid on both networks, and Entel handles the hills better Hillside cerros have uneven signal behind concrete
San Pedro de Atacama and the altiplano Movistar Widest published reach in the northern towns and along the highways Geysers at 4,300 m and the salt-flat interiors have nothing
Torres del Paine and Puerto Natales Movistar Strong 4G in Puerto Natales and at the park entrances The W trek has no coverage at any campsite
Carretera Austral Entel or Movistar Signal exists in the towns and almost nowhere between them Hundreds of kilometres of gravel with zero bars
Lake District — Pucón, Puerto Varas, Chiloé Entel Resort towns and ferry ports are covered The Villarrica ascent and forest trails are dead
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Entel Entel’s 4G reaches Hanga Roa and the airport road Nothing outside the town and the coastal track
Digital nomad, one city for a month WOM or Claro The cheapest large prepaid bolsas in Chile Coverage outside the city is noticeably thinner
Santiago plus Mendoza or Bariloche A multi-network Americas plan A Chile-only profile stops at the border with no warning Los Libertadores pass has long signal gaps

Most cost-effective pick: one profile that switches between all four networks automatically, so the carrier decision is made for you by geography rather than by a purchase you cannot undo.

Where to purchase a Chile eSIM

A Chile eSIM runs on one of four real mobile networks — Entel, Movistar, Claro and WOM — on top of a much smaller prepaid player, Virgin Mobile. One name you will see in older speed articles is not in that group. Mundo Pacífico (now Mundo) is a fixed-broadband ISP: Ookla named it the world’s fastest fixed provider, and its CLP-priced fibre plans have nothing to do with an eSIM, which is a mobile product. If a comparison table lists Mundo alongside Entel for a Chilean travel SIM, the table is measuring the wrong technology.

Entel vs Movistar: which is better in Chile?

Entel is the carrier most visitors should default to. Its 4G/5G footprint is the widest in Chile, it holds one of the largest 5G spectrum allocations, and it is the network that keeps working in towns on the Carretera Austral. It is also the carrier most likely to refuse a foreigner at the counter: Entel stores have a reputation for turning away tourists who want a prepaid chip registered on a passport, so budget for a second store if the first says no. The workaround is a bolsa loaded onto a chip bought elsewhere, or an eSIM that never touches a store.

Rural coverage in Chile: Entel vs Movistar

Movistar is the value-and-coverage compromise. Its published prepaid offer — around CLP 5,000 for 40 GB plus 500 minutes over 30 days — is the single most-cited tourist deal in the market, and its rural reach is second only to Entel’s. For the far north, the Lake District and Puerto Natales it is the carrier most travelers regret not choosing after the fact. Note the brand transition: Movistar’s Ecuadorian business moved to Millicom, but the Chilean operation remains Telefónica’s.

Who checks your identity when you buy a Chile SIM?

Claro is the largest operator in Latin America by subscriber count and the friendliest of the three at registration — it publishes a “soy extranjero” passport-based path, which matters because the prepaid line now has to be tied to a verified identity. Its prepaid packs are aggressive: roughly CLP 5,000 for 50 GB plus 500 minutes and social-media data over 30 days. What you give up is rural depth; outside the big cities Claro’s map thins faster than Entel’s or Movistar’s.

Chile data deals on a budget

WOM built its brand on price and still offers the cheapest large bolsa in the market — around CLP 8,000 for 24 GB with unlimited minutes over 30 days — plus 7-day unlimited bolsas near CLP 4,990. Virgin Mobile starts lower still, from roughly CLP 2,000. Both are perfectly good for a Santiago-and-Valparaíso trip and a poor choice for anyone heading south or north out of the central valley.

Entel vs Movistar prices compared

Local prepaid prices are published in Chilean pesos and change with promotions, so treat the table as an anchor rather than a quote. Conversions use roughly 960 CLP to the US dollar.

Carrier Data Validity Price (CLP) ≈ USD
Movistar 40 GB + 500 min 30 days CLP 5,000 ≈ $5
Entel 10 GB 15 days CLP 5,000 ≈ $5
Entel 20 GB 30 days CLP 10,000 ≈ $10
Claro 8 GB 15 days CLP 4,000 ≈ $4
Claro 50 GB + social 30 days CLP 5,000 ≈ $5
WOM 24 GB + unlimited min 30 days CLP 8,000 ≈ $8
Virgin Mobile Varies by pack 7 days from CLP 2,000 ≈ $2
Starter chip only — — ≈ CLP 2,000 ≈ $2

Weekly bolsas are the flexible option but the worst value per gigabyte: Entel’s 7-day pack is about CLP 3,000 for 4 GB, against CLP 10,000 for 20 GB over 30 days. Two habits follow. Buy the longest validity you can justify, and top up before the last one expires — once a bolsa lapses, data simply stops, usually without a warning you will notice.

Should you buy a Chilean SIM, or roam on a travel eSIM?

Direct from Entel, Movistar, Claro or WOM Travel eSIM on the same networks
What you need Passport for identity verification; some counters still ask for a RUT A compatible, unlocked phone
How the profile arrives In-store registration and provisioning, or a chip loaded with a bolsa QR code the moment you pay
Typical entry cost CLP 2,000 for the chip, then CLP 5,000–10,000 for a 30-day bolsa One upfront price, no chip fee
Network access One network, the one that sold you the chip Automatic switching between Entel, Movistar and Claro
The 30-day catch A foreign handset needs IMEI registration to stay on local networks Roaming profiles sit outside the IMEI rule entirely
Phone number A real +56 Chilean number Data-only, usually no number
Best for Stays beyond a month, or anyone who needs a local number Trips of one to three weeks, and arriving already online

The economics of a Chile eSIM versus a local chip are close, because local data is genuinely cheap — a month of prepaid can cost less than a week of travel-eSIM data if you shop well. What the local route buys you is a +56 number for restaurant bookings and delivery apps, and what it costs you is an afternoon of store visits plus the IMEI clock on your own handset. For a two-week holiday the managed profile wins on time; for a two-month stay the local chip wins on price.

How much data do you need in Chile?

Chile’s cheap local data disguises how quickly a Chile eSIM can run dry, because the things travelers do here are data-heavy: navigation with live traffic on long drives, photo backup from a week of touring, and video calls home from a hostel that advertises Wi-Fi and delivers none. A useful rough budget is 500 MB per day for maps, messaging and light browsing; 1 GB per day if you tether a laptop; and 2 GB per day if you upload video or stream. A seven-day Santiago city break fits comfortably in 5 GB. A two-week Atacama-and-Patagonia route should start at 10 GB, mostly because offline maps need to be downloaded once and redownloaded when they update. If your itinerary includes a live-streamed trek or remote work, buy 20 GB and stop thinking about it.

Chile eSIM fundamentals: bands, identity checks and data caps

Who runs mobile networks in Chile

Chilean LTE runs mainly on bands 2, 4, 7 and 28, with 5G concentrated in n78 (3500 MHz). Any recent iPhone, Samsung Galaxy or Pixel sold in the Americas or Europe covers that set. A handset built for a single Asian market may not, and no eSIM fixes a missing band — it will simply fall back to 3G or nothing.

What paperwork does a Chile SIM need?

Chilean prepaid chips have been tied to an identity since 2024, and since 20 August 2026 the operator must verify the person behind a prepaid number — the regulator indicates a passport is acceptable for foreign users. In practice a passport is enough at Claro and at many kiosks; a RUT (the Chilean tax number) is what some Entel and Movistar counters ask for, and it is not something a tourist can produce. Separately, and more seriously: a phone brought from abroad only works on Chilean networks for about 30 consecutive days from the first local SIM insertion unless its IMEI is registered through the Multibanda administrative registration. That check does not apply to international roaming or to a travel eSIM, which is one reason a roaming profile is the low-friction option for a long trip.

Will 10 GB cover a Chile trip?

Chilean prepaid does not bill overage. When the bolsa is exhausted, either the speed collapses or data stops until you buy another pack, and the “unlimited” weekly bolsas are unlimited only at capped speed after a threshold. Check whether your chosen pack’s validity runs from activation or from first connection — a 30-day bolsa that starts the moment you land is a poor match for a three-week trip with a delayed landing, while a profile with a deferred start date fits one.

Do Android phones support Chile eSIMs?

Chile eSIMs work with most unlocked handsets from 2019 onward, including iPhone XR and later, Google Pixel 3 and later, and Samsung Galaxy S20 and later. Verify the exact model number, not the marketing name, against the device compatibility checker before you travel. Two exclusions are common: mainland-China iPhone variants, whose eSIM hardware is disabled, and carrier-locked handsets, which reject any third-party profile.

Is tethering allowed on Chile eSIMs?

Hotspot use is generally allowed, but the ceiling varies by plan — from a single extra device on budget packs to five on a managed profile. If your trip depends on tethering a laptop, check that the plan permits it rather than discovering the block in a hotel with no Wi-Fi. A second practical note: in Chile it is usually cheaper to buy one larger 30-day pack than to top up twice, so size the pack to your trip length rather than your first-day usage.

Is a travel eSIM more expensive than local prepaid in Chile?

Prices move faster than articles do, so the current line-up lives on our Chile eSIM plans page. What gives a plan price its meaning is the market underneath it: local data is cheap, so the premium on a travel eSIM buys convenience rather than gigabytes. Against a home-carrier roaming day pass, the same profile is an order of magnitude cheaper, and against a locally bought bolsa it is a modest markup in exchange for skipping the RUT question, the store queue and the IMEI clock.

The Chile eSIM carriers: Entel, Movistar and Claro

Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index puts Chile at 58th globally for mobile download speed, measured at a median of 79.51 Mbps with 24 ms latency — below the 109.05 Mbps global median, which matters because a travel eSIM performs on exactly this local infrastructure. Local data is priced at about USD 0.64 per GB, 61st of the 237 markets Cable.co.uk tracks. The underlying market is mature: 18.6 million internet users in Chile (94.1% of the population) and 30.7 million mobile connections, 155% of the population, per DataReportal’s 2025 figures, with the network-level carrier report published separately by Ookla.

Read together, those numbers describe a market that is cheap to use but mid-pack on raw speed. At USD 0.64 per gigabyte, even a 10 GB prepaid bolsa stays inexpensive at local rates, so heavy habits such as hotspot tethering and constant map use are less punishing than the plan price alone suggests. The 79.51 Mbps national median is comfortable for streaming, video calls and cloud backups. The real constraint is coverage shape rather than throughput: 5G clusters in the big cities, and the further your route runs from Santiago, the more you are relying on 4G LTE and Movistar’s rural reach.

Sources for this section: the Ookla Speedtest Global Index, Cable.co.uk’s worldwide data pricing survey and DataReportal’s Digital 2025 report.

Which carrier is best in each Chilean city?

Which travel eSIM is the better fit for your destination, based on network performance and local coverage conditions:

City Best carrier Why it works
Santiago Entel The densest 5G in the country, covering Las Condes, Providencia and the airport corridor, for business and leisure alike
Valparaíso Entel Coastal 4G/5G holds up on the hills and in the port area; upload speeds are enough for photo-heavy days
Concepción Entel Dependable urban coverage in Chile’s second university city and along the Biobío corridor
San Pedro de Atacama Movistar The best rural reach in the north, so town-based days stay connected and road days degrade predictably
Puerto Natales Movistar Strong 4G in town and at the Torres del Paine entrances, which is as far as any network reaches

City-to-city travel is where a Chile eSIM with automatic network selection earns its keep. Download offline maps before any leg that leaves the central valley — the far-north highways and Patagonian routes run for hours without a usable mast, and offline navigation keeps a dead zone from becoming a wrong turn. Treat the carrier column as a planning tool rather than a promise: coverage obligations push all four networks to serve the towns and trunk roads, and the gaps between them are where a multi-network profile hands over automatically.

Chile eSIM coverage: Entel vs Movistar

Treat Chile’s national speed figure as a ceiling rather than a floor: the regional picture below is what you will actually experience.

Region Coverage Best carrier Watch out
Santiago Metropolitan 5G on every major network, with solid coverage between communes Entel Metro congestion and deep basements
Valparaíso and the central coast Coastal resorts covered; back roads behind them are hit and miss Entel Hillside neighbourhoods have uneven signal
Norte Chico — La Serena, Coquimbo Towns and the Ruta 5 are covered; the interior valleys are not Entel Elqui Valley side roads drop out
Norte Grande and the altiplano Only towns and highways have signal; the open desert does not Movistar Long gaps between Calama, San Pedro and the border
Lake District — Los Lagos, Los Ríos Resort towns work well; the volcano slopes and forest tracks do not Entel No signal on the Villarrica ascent
Chiloé and Aysén Good in Castro, Puerto Montt and Chaitén; sparse on the Carretera Austral Entel Gravel sections toward Cochrane are dead
Magallanes and Tierra del Fuego Usable in Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales; almost nothing between them Movistar Park interiors have no coverage at all
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Entel 4G covers Hanga Roa and the airport road Entel The rest of the island, including the coastal track, has none

Extending the trip past Chile? The neighbouring guides on this site:

Moving between regions? The best carrier in one area is seldom the best in the next — the exact problem a multi-network eSIM is built to solve.

Chile eSIM by itinerary

Chile coverage: a Santiago and Valparaíso long weekend

Three or four days of museums, funiculars and street art rarely leaves the strong part of the map, so any network will do and price should decide. Take the cheapest 30-day bolsa you can buy without a store errand, keep Google Maps downloaded for the Valparaíso hills where signal drops behind concrete, and expect congestion rather than absence.

The far north: towns with long gaps in between

San Pedro de Atacama has usable 4G, and the valley viewpoints have signal near the entrance. Between Calama and the salt flats there is nothing, so the discipline here is offline: download the route, download the geyser timings, and treat any upload as a town activity. Movistar is the carrier whose published map matches most closely what travelers report.

Patagonia and the Carretera Austral: Chile’s coverage frontier

Puerto Natales works, the Torres del Paine entrances work, and the W trek does not — at any price, on any carrier. If park walking days are in the plan, expect to be offline for them and buy a smaller bolsa than the itinerary suggests. On the Carretera Austral the pattern repeats: towns only, with long gravel gaps between them.

Lake District and Chiloé coverage in Chile

Pucón, Puerto Varas, Valdivia and Castro all have solid coverage, and the ferry crossings carry signal near the ports. The failure point is elevation and canopy: the upper Villarrica volcano slopes and the forest trails behind the resorts lose signal early. This is a leg where a plan allowing hotspot use pays for itself in a rental car with no working radio.

Easter Island (Rapa Nui) coverage

Entel’s 4G makes Hanga Roa and the airport road usable, and the island’s regulated tourism infrastructure means most planning happens in town anyway. Outside Hanga Roa the island is offline, so download maps, book the rental car before you fly, and do not plan a video call from the moai.

IMEI rules for phones in Chile

Item Why it matters
Passport The identity document that now has to be verified for any Chilean prepaid line
Device IMEI (*#06#) Needed for the Multibanda registration if you plan to use a local SIM beyond about 30 days
EID or a compatibility check Confirms the handset can take an eSIM profile at all
A card that works in Chile Some carrier websites reject foreign billing addresses for online top-up
Cash in small pesos Kiosks and pharmacies rarely accept anything else for the first top-up
Offline maps Downloaded at home, not in a rental-car park with one bar

Two frictions are specific to buying locally. First, foreign cards often fail in the carriers’ online top-up flows, which expect a Chilean card or a RUT-linked account — the reliable routine is cash or a card in a physical store for the first purchase, and the operator’s own app afterwards. Second, airport pricing and availability: counter stock at Santiago’s Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL) is inconsistent, and the dependable route is a carrier store in the city — the Costanera Center mall, Av. Providencia or the Paseo Ahumada galleries. Load extra data in Santiago before flying to Calama or Puerto Montt, where top-up options thin out.

Activating the profile at home, not at the airport

Activation is handled entirely in your phone’s settings. Get the profile from the Chile plans page, then follow the activation walkthrough for iOS or Android. Install on Wi-Fi at home rather than at the airport: the profile downloads in a minute, sits dormant until it first attaches to a Chilean network, and data roaming is the only toggle you may need to switch on after landing.

APN settings for Chile

Travel profiles manage their own access point names, so a Roami eSIM works in Chile with no manual entry. APN settings only matter if you buy a carrier line locally — from an Entel, Movistar or Claro counter — and your phone fails to pull its settings automatically.

iPhone: Settings → Cellular → select the line → Cellular Data Network. Android: Settings → Network & Internet → SIMs → Access Point Names.

The Chilean carriers print their APN on the prepay insert rather than publishing one universal value, so copy it exactly from the packaging or the carrier’s own support page. The classic failure pattern is signal bars with no data: in almost every case, correcting the APN — or deleting and reinstalling the profile — restores the connection.

Chile eSIM problems: four local failure modes

Generic errors — a profile that will not download, a QR scan that fails, an eSIM that installs but never registers — are catalogued in the eSIM error troubleshooting guide. The four patterns below are the Chilean ones.

A. A locally bought SIM connects, then dies after about a month. This is the Multibanda rule, not a fault. A phone brought from abroad gets roughly 30 days on Chilean networks from the first local SIM insertion; without IMEI registration it is blocked. A travel eSIM or roaming profile is never affected.

B. Signal bars, no data, on a chip you bought in a store. The line is registered but the bolsa was never loaded, or the operator’s promotional data window has quietly expired. Check the balance in the operator’s app, buy a bolsa, then restart the phone.

C. Only 3G or 4G outside the city. Coverage, not configuration. Open network selection and try each of Entel, Movistar, Claro and WOM manually before assuming the profile is broken — a multi-network profile does this for you.

D. Data stops at the Argentine border, or on the Chilean side of a pass crossing. A Chile-only plan ends at the border with no warning, which is why Mendoza and Bariloche day trips catch people out. Switch to a multi-country Americas plan before you cross.

What to have ready before you call support

What to provide Where to find it
Order or account number Confirmation email
Phone model and OS version Settings → About
EID *#06#
Screenshot of the error Take it before the screen changes
Data roaming status Settings → Cellular → your eSIM line
Steps already tried Keep a short list

Crossing between Chile and Argentina with the same phone

Chilean and Argentine networks do not merge; they stop at the pass. The practical crossings are Los Libertadores (Santiago–Mendoza, with a long high-altitude queue and intermittent signal on both sides), Cardenal Samoré (Puerto Varas–Bariloche) and the southern Integración Austral toward Río Gallegos and Ushuaia. On any of them, a Chile-only profile goes dark the moment you clear migration, and a local Argentine chip bought on the other side cannot be loaded until you find a store in Mendoza or Bariloche.

Two habits make this painless. Buy a plan that covers both countries before you leave — a South America or Americas profile roams across the pass and switches to the Argentine network on arrival — and keep offline maps for the border zone itself, where neither network is dependable while the coach is standing still. If you are crossing more than once, the regional plan is cheaper than two local bolsas and saves a second registration.

Chile eSIM: quick answers

Can you buy a Chile eSIM from Entel?

Not at every counter. Since 20 August 2026 the operator must verify the identity behind a prepaid number, and the regulator indicates a passport is acceptable for foreign users — Claro publishes a passport-based path explicitly. A RUT is what some Entel and Movistar stores ask for, and a visitor cannot produce one, which is why store-hopping is a real risk. An eSIM that roams on a local network needs neither.

Will Chile carriers work with your phone?

Possibly. A handset brought from abroad gets roughly 30 consecutive days of local-network access from the first Chilean SIM insertion unless its IMEI is registered through the Multibanda administrative registration, which SUBTEL oversees and authorized certifying companies process. Registration is free for one personal phone per person per year, subject to each company’s quota; additional registrations carry a fee of about CLP 15,694. Roaming and travel eSIMs are outside this rule.

Which Chile carrier should you pick: Entel vs Movistar?

Movistar is the better bet for Puerto Natales and the park entrances, with Entel close behind in town. Inside the park — the W route, the campsites and the Grey glacier side of the park — no carrier has coverage. Download offline maps and tell people when you expect to be back in signal.

Entel vs Movistar: coverage compared

Coverage exists, but only where people live. Entel’s 4G makes Hanga Roa and the airport road usable; the rest of Rapa Nui is offline on every network. Plan uploads for town and do not rely on a hotspot for anything time-critical.

How expensive is mobile data in Chile?

Published 2026 prepaid prices run from about CLP 5,000 for 40 GB plus 500 minutes over 30 days on Movistar to roughly CLP 10,000 for Entel’s 20 GB 30-day pack, with WOM at about CLP 8,000 for 24 GB and unlimited minutes. Weekly bolsas cost more per gigabyte. Prices move with promotions, so confirm at the counter.

The local-vs-travel-eSIM math in Chile

Entel supports eSIM, but direct purchase means a store visit and identity registration, and Entel counters have a reputation for turning foreign customers away. The practical routes are a Claro or Movistar chip registered on your passport, or a travel eSIM that needs no counter at all.

Traveling onward with your Chile eSIM

Only if the plan says so. A Chile-only profile stops at the pass. For Mendoza, Bariloche or Ushuaia you need an Argentina or regional Americas plan, which switches networks on arrival without a second registration.

What happens when my bolsa runs out?

Prepaid does not bill overage: the line either throttles hard or stops until you buy another pack, and “unlimited” weekly bolsas are unlimited only at a capped speed after a threshold. Check the validity start — activation or first connection — before you buy, and top up in a city rather than a small village.

Do I need data roaming on in Chile?

You do need Data Roaming on. A travel eSIM attaches to a local network as a roaming partner, so Data Roaming must be on for the eSIM line — Settings → Cellular → Cellular Data Options on iOS. Turn it off on your home SIM so background traffic does not trigger international charges.

Can you call on WhatsApp in Chile?

Yes, and you should — WhatsApp is how drivers, hostels and tour operators reach travelers in Chile. Keep the home SIM in the phone for calls and verification codes, run data on the eSIM, and leave roaming off on the home line.

My Chile eSIM will not connect — what next?

Work the four local patterns above in order — IMEI clock, bolsa balance, manual network selection, then plan boundary — and if it still fails, the wider error catalogue in the troubleshooting guide covers the rest. Have the EID, order number and a screenshot ready before contacting support.

More questions? View the full FAQ →

Common eSIM myths travelers hear about Chile

❌ Myth: eSIMs in Chile only work in Santiago.

✅ Fact: Coverage follows the whole country — Entel and Movistar both reach Patagonian towns, the far north and Chiloé. What does not exist is coverage in the empty stretches between them, and that gap is a planning problem rather than a signal problem.

Buying a SIM in Chile: ID rules

✅ Fact: A passport is enough for a travel eSIM, and the regulator allows operators to verify prepaid identity with a passport for foreign users. What a visitor still cannot produce is a RUT, which is why some carrier counters refuse them.

❌ Myth: Moving to an eSIM means slower data than a physical chip.

✅ Fact: Both attach to the same towers with the same bands at the same speeds. The difference is administrative: a managed eSIM arrives already configured, while a store-bought chip depends on identity registration and IMEI registration going smoothly.

Chile eSIM carrier evidence and source list

Nothing here is our own measurement; each figure is attributed to a named public source. Read them as a market-level reference rather than a forecast for a single trip.

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