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Falkland Islands' Tourist Board gearing up for another busy season

Friday, October 10th 2014 - 05:44 UTC
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The Falkland Islands Tourist Board is in the final stages of Phase 2 renovations on the Jetty Visitors Centre which will complete the planned works said Tourist Board Managing Director Tony Mason, adding, “plans have been made to get the car park ready well ahead of the first cruise ship arrival.” Read full article

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  • Briton

    the more known the islands become, the more tourist will come here, rather than Argentina,

    after all, why go to a disaster, when paradise is nearer..

    Oct 10th, 2014 - 12:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Benson

    @1
    Queue Paulcedons rant
    Paradise? Stupid little islets, living in shacks, get a job, no CT scanner, gibber gibber, cluck cluck...

    Oct 10th, 2014 - 01:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Twimc...

    Did the FITB (or anybody) remember to clean and repair the male restroom at the racecourse?

    It really needs a caring hand....

    Oct 10th, 2014 - 03:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    “FITB is also involved in Accommodation Accreditation Scheme to promote Falklands settlements”

    to promote falklands settlements...
    with that picture of that muddy puddle all you can get is that the tourists flee in terror, you dumbasses.
    where the f*ck have they studied tourism or publicity? lol

    Oct 10th, 2014 - 04:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    One Brit, 3 Argies,
    And the envy is laughable...lol

    Roll on the best hotels in the south ..

    Oct 10th, 2014 - 06:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    and a piece of advice: try to plant a tree, one at least.
    what?
    you dont even know what a tree is?
    my god...and they think the islets are an attractive tourist destination...

    Oct 10th, 2014 - 06:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    they have a very nice view of the sea,
    trees would only get in the way,

    for your info, a tree is made of wood, and had leaves on them,
    do you know what a clean hotel is..lol

    Oct 10th, 2014 - 06:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • EscoSes 45 Doido

    Briton, its called cognitive dissonance.

    Oct 11th, 2014 - 02:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • zathras

    Remind us what is the homocide rate in Argentina, 5 per 100,00 last time I checked. In the UK 1 per 100,000. In the Falklands ZERO.

    Yup the is land is windswept hence not hospitable to certain trees, however aren't those trees in the middle pictures, so your point is?

    Isn't employment in the Falklands roughly 100%, remind us how many unemployed in Argentina?

    At least the Falkland Islanders know to use the toilets provided.
    Unlike the Argentinian Cowards who invaded in 1982.

    Oct 11th, 2014 - 09:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Clyde15

    #2
    Come on, be fair, he didn't mention CT Scanners !

    Oct 11th, 2014 - 09:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    @6
    “you dont even know what a tree is?”

    Whilst trees have had to be planted on the Islands, they do not naturally grow there-there are lots of trees on the Falklands-just shows what a total dumbass you are.

    @2 Benson

    Also according to Polly, everyone is unemployed down there.

    Now he says there are no trees.

    That's the trouble with Argies they think that if a location is not covered wall to wall with trees then anything less than full coverage is' treeless'.

    This disease of the Argy brain can also be detected via 'All African countries support Argentina', yet some have supported the Islanders stance at the Commonwealth.

    No wonder your neighbours are so screwed up.

    I am actually amused by their denial of the fact that your government runs on a surplus, rather than with Argentina's 's case, having battles with US courts as to how much of their debt they have to pay back.

    Oct 11th, 2014 - 10:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Islander1

    Paulie - once again showing your dumb stupidity! look ay the pic - around the
    houses are green things - they are called trees! Kept small as close to houses. On the left you see the SEA - a sheltered little bay where I know from experience you can fish with a line and also on a summer afternoon with a rising tide the water is not bad and you can swim there.
    The farm is called Port Howard - nearby top left out of the pic is a woodland area with over 1000 trees planted each year - top left out of pic are some 150 acres of cultivated fields each surrounded by a 2 metre high windbreak hedge.
    30 mins drive away is the Warrah River - as a Sea Trout River area where int tourists come and fish in season.

    But hell n0 - bugger - there is no CT scanner there!

    Oct 11th, 2014 - 12:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @2. Loads of shacks around argie towns. Effluent flowing down the streets. Stolen energy and water. The shit of argieland. I'm in favour of the RAF flying over and exploding argie 'villas' on behalf of the WHO.

    Oct 11th, 2014 - 01:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    Well either way,
    The Falkland's are on the way up,

    and just passing Argentina on the way done...lol

    Oct 11th, 2014 - 06:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ilsen

    Just a quick comparison for all potential tourists to consider:
    “Pollution in river basin choking Buenos Aires
    Near Argentina's capital, years of growth along the Riachuelo river basin have gone largely unchecked. As companies flush heavy metals into the water, residents are being forced to suffer the side effects. Local resident Judith Aragón tries to use as little water as possible from her tap. She's not obsessed with economizing: She's simply weary of the source.
    Judith lives in a shantytown called Villa Inflamable just south of Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires. It's located on the edge of the Riachuelo, one of the most polluted river basins in the world. She has to use expensive bottled water for drinking and cooking. Her tap water comes from the river. That water is, in a word, filthy. ”The Riachuelo can be seen as a microcosm of the environmental problems in the cities of Argentina,“ says Leandro García Silva, an Ombudsman specialising in environmental human rights. ”The Riachuelo as a river is absolutely overloaded with contamination .”
    That was in 2012, have they done anything about it? No.
    Meanwhile;
    The almost pristine Falkland Islands have the highest standard of living in South America. The islands use the Falkland pound, which is backed by sterling. Not some dodgy 'peso' that has a parallel dollar rate because no-one trusts it.
    The Falkland Islands have a GDP of $105 million, and a per capita GDP of $35,400 (2002 estimate) placing the islands on a par with the United Kingdom (GDP per capita of $35,200 – 2009 estimate).
    These are old figures, I'm sure other posters can supply more recent ones.

    Funny how Polly-boy paul-carrion only shows up on these threads, probably too embarressed to comment on anything closer to home.... Well we all know he is a secret anglophile with a massive boy-crush on James Bond....
    bless!
    :)

    Oct 11th, 2014 - 11:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    imbeciles, nabous and boludous various:
    you are changing the subject now, it seems your tiny little brains do not understand that this is an article about tourism in the islets.

    i know it is hard to comprehend that the imbeciles of those muddy islets with the worst climate in the world and no trees, claim to be a touristic destination.

    they must be prosecuted for fraud.

    Oct 12th, 2014 - 12:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ilsen

    16 paulcedron
    lol!
    here you are again, posting about the FI.
    haha!
    back in the month of June your own press said;
    http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/132891/foreign-tourism--drops-spending-slows-down
    The number of tourists that entered Argentina plunged 18 percent in April, according to the agency that measures the number of passengers that travelled through Buenos Aires City’s two airports.

    Looks like a few little islands with a tiny popoulation is more attractive to tourists than a huge, beautiful country, simply because you are too scared to challenge your own gobierno thieves and robber-barons.
    Coward!

    Oct 12th, 2014 - 02:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • brasherboot

    In 1982 it was a joy to watch Argentina surrender.

    Now its a joy to watch Argentina destroy itself.

    Oct 12th, 2014 - 08:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Monty69

    16 paulcedron

    Sorry, but really...we need trees to have tourists?
    I think all the thousands who go on cruise ships to the Falklands, South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula probably know they aren't going to see trees.
    If there were lots of trees, there probably wouldn't be quite so many penguins and albatross. That's the way nature works.

    Oct 12th, 2014 - 11:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    Hey,
    do we have trees on ships then,
    Pauly we never knew that, what kind of trees would thus grow on ship..lol

    Oct 12th, 2014 - 06:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Islander1

    Paulie- Well the Islands DO hve a tourism Industry - its the 2nd biggest part of the economy and overall on average the fastes growing sector.
    How many tourists per head of population does Argentina get in a year?

    between air and boat arrivals we get about 50,000 - now that is aboput 17 per head - you have 40 million people so do you really get 680 million tourists a year?

    If you don't, then Argentina,s tourist industry is nor as good as ours!
    30 more “tourists” arrived by air here yesterday - they came from your country - all flights and accommodation generously paid for the your Govt - it must have a lot of money!

    Oct 12th, 2014 - 09:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    Paulie-has gone very quiet...?

    Oct 13th, 2014 - 06:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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