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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

Tag: Antarctic tourism

  • Thursday, February 8th 2018 - 11:21 UTC

    Busy cruise visitors week for Ushuaia: 20.000 landed during January

    Thursday will see the arrival of “Emerald Princess” with 3.000 visitors and 1.300 crew members. She is also on her third cruise calling Ushuaia this 2017/18 season.

    Ushuaia in the extreme south of Argentina is experiencing one of the busiest weeks of the current cruise season with six vessels and thousands of visitors calling at the capital of Tierra del Fuego. This includes the “Emerald Princess”, which is the largest to visit the End of the World city and will be completing its third call this season.

  • Wednesday, January 17th 2018 - 16:52 UTC

    It's World Penguin Day!

    In case you didn't know, this Saturday, 20th January, is World Penguin Day! What better way to celebrate it than start planning your own Falkland Islands adventure. Penguins...well we've got plenty, but that's not all the Falklands is about. It's a bird watcher's paradise. It is fabulous for walking, exploring, photography, fishing, and immersing yourself in island life. And perhaps as much as anything else, it's the perfect escape from the hustle and bustle of, well, the rest of the world!

  • Monday, August 21st 2017 - 09:04 UTC

    Australian millennials targeting Antarctica, according to Aussie travel industry

    Antarctica looks set to be one of the hottest travel destinations for 20 to 29-year-old Australians in 2018.

    Millennials are known for their wanderlust — their desire to explore the world and experience the unknown. But that obsession with an authentic, off-the-beaten-path travel experience isn’t leaving many countries left on their bucket-list — which is why a surprising destination is having its moment.

  • Thursday, February 18th 2016 - 06:32 UTC

    Punta Arenas expects to become homeport for an Antarctica cruise line

    “Queen Mary 2 is iconic and any port it calls, gets on the spotlight. While she was here everything worked out nicely, which is a powerful indicator”.

    Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile is encouraged by the cruise industry prospects for its port and facilities: this season Norwegian Sun has returned with at least ten calls and for 2016/2017 a line will be cruising to Antarctica with Punta Arenas as a home port.

  • Thursday, April 30th 2015 - 07:21 UTC

    Number of tourists visiting Antarctica was down, according to IAATO

    The total number of visitors traveling to Antarctica with IAATO members was 36,702, a decrease of 2 percent compared to the previous season.

    The number of adventurous tourists visiting Antarctica dipped in the 2014-15 austral season but is expected to bounce back this year, according to visitor totals released by the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO).

  • Monday, April 28th 2014 - 23:29 UTC

    IAATO estimates 36.545 tourists will travel to Antarctica next season 2014/15

    Marlynda Elstgeest, Chair of the IAATO Executive Committee

    New figures released on Monday by the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO), estimate that 36,545 tourists will travel with IAATO members to Antarctica next season, 2014-2015. The information was reported at the first day of the 37th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) in Brasilia, which IAATO attend as Invited Experts.

  • Saturday, January 11th 2014 - 07:48 UTC

    Russian vessel incident triggers debate on Antarctica growing tourist industry

    French Polar Institute director Yves Frenot was furious with incident that distracted several icebreakers from their normal duties

    The challenging rescue operation launched after a Russian ship became trapped in Antarctic pack ice in December shows the inherent risks facing the frozen continent's burgeoning tourist industry, experts say. Antarctica represents one of the last frontiers for adventurous travelers, an icy wonderland of glaciers, emperor penguins and seemingly endless white expanses.

  • Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 01:46 UTC

    South Georgia cruise season beats the trend and expects better one in 2012/13

    Fifty one cruise calls are booked for this season (Photo by J. Fowler)

    A small increase in cruise ship visitors to South Georgia compared to the previous season bucks the trend of the Antarctic region. In the 2011/12 season tourists to the Antarctic fell by 22%, whereas in South Georgia they increased 8%, according to the September edition of the South Georgia Newsletter.

  • Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 09:58 UTC

    Five cruise vessels call in South Georgia during March

    The Volvo is the heaviest cargo that has ever been lifted aboard “RRS Shackleton”. (Photo by Robert Paterson)

    The South Georgia tourist season is drawing to a close with just one cruise ship left to visit in early April, according to the latest edition of the South Georgia Newsletter.

  • Monday, February 28th 2011 - 20:41 UTC

    Ten cruise vessels and Falklands’ British Forces commander visit South Georgia

    The large cruise “The World”; Fishery Patrol “Pharos SG” and BAS “RRS James Clark Ross” also called at Grytviken

    An intense maritime activity was registered in South Georgia during the month of January including cruise and research vessels, the British Antarctic Survey ship “RRS James Clark Ross”, several yachts and HMS Gloucester, reports the latest South Georgia newsletter.