Chile expects a 30% increase in cruise vessel calls this 2012/13 season
Chile is expecting an increase of 30% in the number of cruise vessels calls this coming season with Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas receiving the most, said the country’s Under Secretary for Tourism Jacqueline Plass.
“We are anticipating a growth of 30% in the number of calls this coming cruise season which added to the 27% of the last season, 2011/12, is very good news and should have us all very happy”, said Ms Plass.
Asked about last season’s incident at Puerto Chacabuco when a cruise vessel was turned back because of a local conflict in the Aysen region, which also discouraged the visit of other vessels, Ms Plass said that the industry “sees these situations as absolutely isolated incidents” since they have “the perception that Chile is a serious country, a country in which they can rely”.
Ms Plass said that on average the cruise landing passengers represent 100 to 120 US dollars per capita for the Chilean economy.
The cruise industry in recent years had cancelled calls along the Chilean coast because since the privatization of casinos the visiting vessels were not allowed to operate casinos while sailing in territorial waters.
Recent legislation establishing that cruise vessels under certain conditions can effectively operate their casinos while sailing in Chilean waters was expected to turn the tide.
However so far and according to Chile’s regulators of the Casinos and other games office, SCJ, has received no request from foreign cruise companies to operate casinos on their vessels.
But the office of Ms Plass pointed out that there was an original “misunderstanding” since cruise vessels must register before the Chilean Office of Maritime Territory and Merchant Navy which extends a document that enables the companies to have access to Chilean waters.
“Well it is this same document that the cruise companies must present for the casino licensing, but they believed a second document before the SCJ was needed. So we are helping them to speed up the process”, admitted Ms Plass.
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“the perception that Chile is a serious country, a country in which they can rely”.
This just about sums it up for me. Although Chile do no bare the cross that Argentina does.
And that's where you miscalculate your knowledge. Argentina's cruise industry will not shrink, UK operated cruise business will shrink.
Why?
People that come to South America for cruises, which is a minority of the business compared to European and Caribbean cruises, don't exactly expect their cruise lines to “skip” Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, Puerto Madryn and the Valdez Peninsula, Ushuaia, because the UK government has problems with Argentina.
They expect the cruise to lower the British flag, put up a French flag, or German, or Spanish flag, get on with it and give them what they paid for. Not to mention most people that travel to South America tend to be world savvy and not jingoist blownhorns spewing talking points, so they generally won't side with the UK 100% (though they may agree, they won't hold the belligerent and hateful views of most of you here).
In short, if cruise ships did ever skip Argentina and only did Brazil and Chile, you would see massive drops in people booking such packages. They will seek other ways to see whatever they want to see.
Aug 05th, 2012 - 03:40 am
Right you are. My mistake.
La Boca.... watch you don't get robbed getting there or away...
A cementery.... wow...
One fancy shopping arcade with a mural on the roof..... good oh...
and of course one can visit the Maldives memorial..... take care no-one sticks a knife in you....
OK TiT over to you... what else does BA have to offer??
Punters on the cruise liners down there are looking to see the Falklands, South Georgia, Chilean Antarctica and the Chilean channels......
suck it down sunshine....
As an American I disagree with most all of the Argentines in this blog. But really, there is nothing in BA to see? The architecture, museums, opera house....even the old theater converted in a bookstore on Santa Fe. The stores in Puerto Madero are cool. I've been to La Boca, Carminito ST.....the shops are great. I'll give you that I will pass going there at night, but then again I would not walk around in Harlem at night in NYC. If you don't know what to do in BA it's because:
1- You have never been there
2-you are a pub crawler seeking a Guiness
3-You lack culture, because it is there in BA
4-All of the above
I love it everytime I am in BA. I have issues....most are cultural so I learn to adapt. The natural course of event will lead to change in Argentina in due time.
#8 this is why you shouldn't go to Argentina or Islas Malvinas, if what you stated is true hopefully the illlegal aliens in Islas Malvinas Argentina will go home to UK soon, but somehow I know 3000 british that love Argentina beyond their mother land, unfortunately they have no say because they are illegal aliens occupying foreign land.
www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9445109/London-2012-Olympics-key-police-security-hub-evacuated-after-sewage-leak.html
Can't make this stuff up... the more you try to denigrate my country, the more this shit (oops... sorry) happens!!
Keep it up!!
And another mass shooting in an anglo-saxon country. It is really hard to believe anymore...
Voted worst dressed city in Europe
Voted worst city for food in Europe
Voted dirtiest city in Europe
Voted 2nd most overrated city in Europe after Paris
If you want to see a society in full denial on how the rest of the world perceives them, go to London!
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/04/tripadvisor-polls-paris-v_n_195986.html
The only thing that won't be overrated is your disappointment. :)
TiT
Not sure what it's got to do with this story at all (like most of your posts of late) but keep pointing out all of the UK's blemishes if it satisfies you but frankly, who cares. I still choose it over Argentina as the seat of my head of state. Not that you care but maybe some of the Malvinistas read your posts.
Malivinstas
We're still in the Falklands, we're about to hold a referendum to confirm to the world our desire, our economy is booming, there's a little over 3,000 of us but Argentina has 0 options to do a single thing about it. All your government can do is try some lame embargoes and try to spread propaganda around the place. You need to get rid of CFK and her cronies before she destroys what little credibility you have left.
Chuckle chuckle
2 trade union members at a bus stop in BA....One says to the other...“Hey amigo do you know when the next strike is due”.
The lonely planet travel guide says the tomb of the unknown incompetent worker in central BA is spectacular example of why Argentines should never be allowed to run public work projects.......
Yeah. We evacuated the place and dealt with it. A Malvinista would have just sat in it and blamed the UK.
Aug 05th, 2012 - 11:18 pm
Am
And it is still be utterly irrelevant to the Malvinista cause.
Certainly completely ungrounded libel. But even if it were true... in a lurid way I showed MORE concern than the 310 million people that live in the USA.
Because the worst thing one can do is to not give a F”-#k! about it whatsoever. Americans just let this shit happen on a DAILY basis, and you see nothing... no protests, no cries for action, no citizen action groups, no private iniciatives, no government action... that is utterly pathetic.
PS I am not a brit......
So shall I assume by your statement “look at a map” you are implying proximity trumps control? I think it's time the USA tells the Castro twins it's time to move, Cuba belongs to the USA......90 (144km) because.....I mean it's so close. As I continue to apply the proximity rule, Bahamas.....no more country USA. Let me get a map and finish what really belongs to the USA.
On yes, you did know that FIC is a land based operation tee hee, it might be a bit hard to bring them to their knees with mines designed solely for blowing up ships.
CP...I guess after getting taken by 14 strong men twice his size Pirate man-lover might be a little put of by phalic shaped objects....
Do you mean sea mines or land mines ? Argentina signed the convention to ban land mines in 1997 - it's a pity they didn't take these with them when they scattered them all over the Falkands.
If you remember the Iraq war and the mines the Iraqis laid in Kuwait and the Shatt-el arab waterway, it was the Royal Navy who were tasked to clear this area because of their special expertise.
NOT ONLY CAN WE CLEAR THEM, BUT WE ARE ALSO GOOD AT MAKING THEM AND LAYING THEM !
If I remember correctly Buenos Aires is a large port and there are also many more along your seaboard. Laying mines here should not be too difficult.
Remember the old adage “Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind ”
'Troll , Frank is correct you are digressing'.....
Having family there your view of BA would be quite different to mine which is different again to the view of my doctor's niece who is a 25 year old expat schoolteacher there and reckons its 'party central'.
And yes I have spent some time in BA, no I have never been in a Guiness pub there... haven't been in any sort of bar actually.... restaurants yes.. bars no... culture.... some would say I'm not all that cultured but can't win em all....
Yes there are some lovely old buildings there... in the main surrounded by dross....
Still waiting for TiT to get back on topic and answer my original question....
Tigre is nice if a bit forlorn.... I guess the cruising punters could take a Mitre line train out there for the day... then again maybe not....
Its why “its” post make so little sense.
TTT on the other hand cannot use the “I'm not actual human” for his/her excuse.
www.facebook.com/Britain1592
Then......think of Argentina and the nuclear expertise she is thinking of purchasing from China. If you think the USA waivers because China buys our debt, don't kid yourself.
Please read ALL of my post at #37. What kind of mines are you going to lay and how many? You would probably need to lay about 100,000 to effectively deny the S. Atlantic to sea traffic. So how do your ships reach your ports? Remember, mines cannot differentiate between pirates and friendly vessels. Considering how your lot laid the land mines on the Falklands, you would probably have no idea where you put them .
At present, your navy could not launch plastic ducks in a bath !
If you start sinking fishing vessels then you will get a couple of cruise missiles where it hurts.
I can see why you went to Canada. They are friendly and a sympathetic people who tolerate lunatics like you.
The country you live in supports the Falkland Islanders right to self-determination.
What will you do if Canada invests in oil around the Falkland Islands, hunted pirate?
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