Il dolce far niente, (the art of doing nothing), an old Italian expression, so difficult to define with words, becomes crystal-clear once you set foot in Estancia Vik in Jose Ignacio, Uruguay.
The first flight of the new route from Lima to Easter Island’s Mataveri airport landed safely this week, making Easter Island a more accessible tourist destination.
A salsa band, dancing schoolchildren and showgirls in bikini tops and feather headdresses welcomed some 1,500 tourists on a British cruise liner that officials described as among the biggest ships to visit Cuba in years.
With its vast array of natural attractions and top-class services, Chile is an attractive tourism destination for Latin Americans, as well as global visitors.
Over a million tourists (1.064.731) had visited until Christmas Argentina’s Iguazu Falls national park, a number which should reach 1.2 million when the 2010 calendar year is completed according to Iguazu Argentina that have the park’s concession.
The publisher of www.UruguayNow.com says that Montevideo’s neglected downtown and deteriorating levels of personal safety are problems that will hamper the growth of tourism in the country
A fire which broke out in a Korean flagged fishing vessel docked in the port of Montevideo and which was still burning early Monday forced the suspension of the official launching of Uruguay’s cruise season.
It wasn't just the rain-swept, cold day in London that was sending a chill wind down the back of tourism bosses from Western Europe. As heads of the global travel industry met for their annual gathering at the giant World Travel Market (WTM) 2010 event, the damage being caused by the continuing high value of the Euro was the dark cloud hanging over the representatives from Euro zone nations.
The crew of a Mexico-bound cruise ship “Carnival Splendor” battled an engine room fire for three hours which left the vessel adrift, officials said. On Tuesday the vessel was waiting to be towed to the Mexican port of Ensenada.
TOURISM in the Falklands is looking up, with visitor projections far higher than anticipated just three months ago.