Chilean domestic air traffic is growing at an annual rate of 5 to 6% and in the last fifteen years the number of passengers jumped from 3 to 10 million revealed Chile's Civil Aviation Director Enrique Rosende Alba.
Punta Arenas 2006/07 cruise season is expecting 163 calls and just over 100.000 visitors, (66.000 passengers and 34.000 crew members), according to Eduardo Manzanares head of the Austral Port Company which manages the local port.
California's governor race has given a dramatic turn with incumbent Arnold Schwarzenegger calling to buy only Californian and rejecting farm produce from other countries, among which Chile, a heavy exporter of fresh fruit to United States.