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Falkland Islands Tourist Board Manager talks past successes and future plans
AT the end of his first year directing the Falkland Islands Tourist Board, Managing Director Tony Mason shares the past year's accomplishments and a vision for the future. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesHeres a strengthening of infrastructure .... a cork board for cancelled cruises.
Jul 02nd, 2013 - 08:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We are predicting major growth to come from China, Middle East, India and other Asian markets by 2016 .....bahahaha ok
Your Thatcherite era demographic is gone.
Vestige- do please add up the cruise ships that canceled Stanley for political reasons 2012 and 2013 to date.
Jul 02nd, 2013 - 08:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Then add all the Argentine ports who lost cruises visits and numbers of ships due to their own politics.
Who lost the most port calls?
We even had some major lines clearing Ushuaia for Chile- crossing over the Beagle Channel into Chilean waters, dropping a rope ladder - picking up Chilean offciials who cleared the ships into Chile- then immediatley cleared it out of Chile for Stanley(and had a laugh as well)!
Another Captain used to tell Ushuaia -when asked was he going to the Malvinas- “No I am not” - then sailed to the Falklands as Malvinas did not exist on his charts anyway!
Others used to leave Buenos Aires for P.Madryn - then ask the passengers to vote where they want to go - and sail past P.Madryn for Stanley!
You lot lost out in the end and we and the cruise lines laughed at you!
@1
Jul 02nd, 2013 - 09:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hoist by your own petard.
Argentina: We insist if tourists are going to the Falkland Islands, you are not welcome here.
Tourists; Fair enough-let's go to Stanley were the residents are actually pleased to see us.
Argentina: That went well, we lost $millions in income from the tourists and the ships have still gone to Stanley regardless. Still, that told em didn't it amigos?
You only have to see the official statistics from Argentina to see the decline in their tourist industry this year.
Jul 02nd, 2013 - 11:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Tony, What happen with the 5 star hotel? lol
Jul 03rd, 2013 - 05:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0Go back home, they really need your help...
02 Jul 2013
“Twenty years to fix economy”
“Britain is in a “20 year generational battle” to rebalance the economy and return the country to financial health, according to Britain’s most senior civil servant”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10156170/Twenty-years-to-fix-economy.html
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Jul 03rd, 2013 - 06:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0Marcos did you actually read and understand the article you linked ?
@5 - Yes Marcos more austerity for Britian on top of the drastic measures that it has already taken
Jul 03rd, 2013 - 10:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0- Adding 20% tax to pasties and pies which were previously exempt
- Adding 20% tax to holiday caravans which were previously exempt
- Limiting benefits for families to a maximum of USD 39,000 per year (excluding those in their first year of unemployment and thos with disabled children)
- Requiring council house tennants on benefits to pay for empty bedrooms they do not need and do not use (with certain exclusions and a hardship fund for those with compassionate reasons to not be charged)
- Bringing up the annual personal allowance (under which you don't have to pay any tax) to US$15,000
- Limiting the amounts of tax deductions the ultra rich can make for certain categories.
- Cutting child benefit for those households where one parent earns more than US$90,000
- Keeping pay rises in the civil service at about 1% for those already earning more than about $30,000
Meanwhile Argentina is rolling in with what 3% of its POPULATION living on less than $400 per year and its businesses are grinding to a halt as they cannot get hard currency to purchase vital supplies. Will the last person to leave Argentina please switch off the light (if they still work).
@5 Marcos
Jul 03rd, 2013 - 10:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, it takes time to rebalance a major economy. It's big and has a lot of inertia after all.
The major difference is that people are trying to “heal” the British economy, whereas if the Argentine economy was a horse they'd shoot it (and probably have it leave a Romanian abattoir labelled as beef).
@5
Jul 03rd, 2013 - 12:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The difference being that the UK will make attempts to fix the economy, while Argentina have constantly made no attempt to fix theirs.
Hence 'poor' UK can defend the Falklands properly with the appreciated assistance from the 'rich' Argentine military that voluntarily sink their own ships, crash their own fighters and can afford the fantastic luxury of their subs being operational for 19 days a year (or was that 19 hours)?
What a privilege it is for 'rich' Argentina to rehash a substandard jet trainer from the early 80s and call it a technological triumph, whereas 'poor, destitute' UK, will have the hypersonic Skylon in 10 years time and two mega aircraft carriers.
@ Marcos...
Jul 03rd, 2013 - 01:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Tony is American.... so I suggest you go and find another article online that supports your advice for him to leave the Falklands that is related to his (actual) home!
Dear Mr Mason
Jul 03rd, 2013 - 06:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Please give me a good reason why your Office is not wll knowed for the
rest of southamerican(chilean) residents. Are we not welcome to visit
your island. Travel agencies have not any brochure or information.
Real pitty because most of us will be very happy to know your people better and many of us could be interested invest there.
Best regards
PATRICIO VICENTE DE LA PLAZA
CHILEAN TRTADERS SINCE 1866
delaplaza@vtr.net
@1Vestige:
Jul 04th, 2013 - 05:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0Think of it this way: your fearless, ferocious Foreign Minister says The Falklands ( actually he says the Malvinas but whatever ) will be in Argentinian control in 20 years and given that Hector is, of course, never wrong, what are you going to do during that 20 years - twiddle your thumbs?
Might as well make some dough right? Those cruise ships are loaded with dollar possessers. Argentina has an almost erotic attraction for greenbacks. Think of what the Republic could do with 20 years worth.
Think's internet bill could be paid off in perpetuity.
State of the art drones could hover above his Chabut compound loaded with the latest anti-turnip detection devices - not those gentle' friendly Swedish turnips. No, those piratical, verdammt English ones - you know, the ones that sneak-up behind you when you're not watching.
Tango1' fuel tank could not only be filled to the brim but flown triumphantly all the way to the residence of Cristina's suave, mysterious Patagonian lover to be presented with a genetically-modified, glow in the dark, Persian cat for services rendered to the Great State of Argentina.
Maximo could be given lap-band surgery.
Cristina could employ Andrew Lloyd Webber to compose a new musical that eclipse Evita once and for all.
The air-force could tell John Travolta that 'no, sorry, you can't buy our planes after all'.
And that's just for starters. Sounds like a good deal to me .
(12) Heisenbergcontext
Jul 04th, 2013 - 07:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Nice to see that you have successfully surmounted the initial shock of meeting Mercopress's Turnips.......
Welcome back, matey.....
PS...:
I'm a dog person.....
That phosphorescent cat of yours would fit better to Chere Isolde, your fellow Australo-Niuginean English Memsahib, currently squatting on the Malvinas Islands.....
She's a cat lady......
PS II:
Is it just me....... or does the above article has a taste of “early farewell” ???
13Think:
Jul 04th, 2013 - 07:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It seems my attempt to cast you as an enigmatic supervillain hasn't worked. You must be in a good mood. Sadly supervillain's never seem to keep dog's ( unless you count Monty Burn's dobermans - 'release the hounds'! ).
Do you mean New Guinean?
I suspect it is just you, but what do I know?
(14) Heisenbergcontext
Jul 04th, 2013 - 07:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 01) I'm more kind of your average Patagonian Gaucho surrounded by a pack of Border Collies.......
2) Juppppppp........., I meant Niuginean......, from Niugini (that's Pidgin for New Guinea ;-)
3) Time will tell.............
16Think:
Jul 04th, 2013 - 07:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 01). The first time a saw a border collie round up sheep I was stunned - I never would've believed a dog could be that smart if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
2). How the hell do you know that??!!!
(16) Heisenbergcontext
Jul 04th, 2013 - 08:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 01) Jupppppp............................... Them Borders are no Turnips........
2) Who doesn't?
17Think:
Jul 04th, 2013 - 08:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 01). That's 'cause they're DOGS. Silly.
2). Me.
(18) Heisenbergcontext
Jul 04th, 2013 - 08:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 02) Now, you do..............
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