Tourism

• Friday, May 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Dancing with whales, live to the world from Patagonia

  

  The filming and live broadcasting to the world of the annual coming of the whales to Peninsula Valdes in Patagonia begun this Friday and will extend until next Sunday courtesy of the Chubut province government site Whales Alive plus Google and Messenger.

• Thursday, May 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Outraged Argentine government summons US Ambassador

  US State Department travel advice to Argentina-bound citizens has caused outrage among Argentine authorities and resulted in the summons of the US Ambassador Earl Wayne to the Foreign Ministry last night so that Argentina could communicate its “displeasure” over the report.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Decolonization: UN calls for “strategies” for each remaining 16 territories

  

  Strategies should be found for determining the future of each of the world's 16 remaining territories that are not yet self-governing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a United Nations seminar on decolonization in the Caribbean island of Grenada on Tuesday.

• Sunday, May 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  LAN airlines forced to abort take-off from collapsed Ezeiza

  

  The argentine air force reported a new aircraft near miss, the second since May 7, although air unions claim that since that date there have actually been four near misses amid Argentina's collapsed air traffic system.

• Friday, May 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Cuba to spend $185 million for tourism

  

  Cuba says it will spend about $185 million to upgrade more than 200 resorts, golf courses, marinas and other facilities in a bid to reverse a dip in tourism to the island.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Labour strife forces Lan Argentina to cancel most flights

  

  LAN Argentina was forced to cancel on Tuesday morning an additional five flights following the support from ground crews to the airline' pilots, technicians and crew members strike.

• Monday, May 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Yosemite and Torres del Paine twinning agreement

  

  California's Yosemite and Chile's Torres del Paine national parks administrators visited this week Punta Arenas and met with local authorities in the framework of the recently signed twinning agreement with the purpose of promoting sustainable tourism.

• Sunday, May 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: As cruise season ends, agents get ready for next

  

  With the tourist season having drawn to a close, it is easy to imagine those involved putting their feet up and waiting for the next wave of visitors, but the opposite is in fact the reality.

• Sunday, May 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's tourism policy is not massive but environment friendly

  

  Growth of the tourism industry must be in parallel with a sustainable environment development which means Chile is not interested in massive tourism but rather in visitors who have a special interest in nature and wildlife, admitted the country's Director of the Tourism Office, Sernatur, Oscar Santelices.

• Friday, May 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Punta Arenas delegation to Ecotourism summit in Norway

  

  Sixteen tourism operators from Punta Arenas are traveling to Norway to participate in the World Eco-Tourism Summit which begins next May 14 in Oslo and will be opened by Queen Sonja.