Tag: Argentina cruise season

• Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 06:59 UTC

  Puerto Madryn is expecting 39 cruise calls this 2018/19 season

  

  Puerto Madryn in the Patagonia province of Chubut, and one of three Argentine ports operating with cruise vessels is expecting to receive 39 calls this 2018/19 season, totaling some 59.000 visitors and 28.000 crew members.

• Friday, September 28th 2018 - 08:07 UTC

  Ushuaia looking ahead to a great 2018/19 Antarctica cruise season

  

  Ushuaia, capital of Tierra del Fuego province in the extreme south of Argentina will again be the main hub for Antarctica cruises with an estimated 284 calls involving 36 vessels, according to the provincial Tourism Institute. Overall Ushuaia will receive 375 calls, (Antarctica and non Antarctica cruises) totaling some 120.000 visitors.

• Friday, December 29th 2017 - 10:26 UTC

  Argentina aggressively promoting cruise tourism with lower costs for large vessels

  

  Argentina is expecting 490.000 cruise visitors this season and is targeting a million visitors in the following years, and to promote this policy it has announced a drastic cut in port fees and costs, with special emphasis on those vessels which are over 300 meters long.

• Thursday, November 16th 2017 - 09:41 UTC

  Luxury Silver Cloud sets off for Antarctica with a call in the Falklands

  

  Luxury line Silversea's 254-passenger Silver Cloud has set sail on its first voyage after a massive makeover designed to turn it into the most elegant polar expedition vessel at sea.

• Tuesday, October 24th 2017 - 06:22 UTC

  Buenos Aires cruise season takes off next Saturday; 320.000 visitors expected

  

  Next Saturday the Holland America cruise Zaandam is expected in Buenos Aires signaling the start of the 2017/18 season, which according to Argentine officials is going to be the best following on four years of sustained retraction. So far the number of docking requests include 110 calls with an estimated number of 320.000 visitors, although there are possibilities the final figure, by 24 April 2018, could reach 328.000.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2016 - 07:12 UTC

  A “flat” cruise season officially begins this week in Montevideo

  

  The 2016/17 cruise season officially begins this week in Uruguay with the arrival of MS Zaandam and Insignia. Zandam belonging to Holland America Line with capacity for 1.432 passengers usually calls several times in Montevideo during the season.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 08:20 UTC

  Ushuaia expects this cruise season 336 vessel calls and over 100.000 visitors

  

  Tierra del Fuego Tourism Institute (Infuetur), in extreme south Argentina, is expecting 25% more cruise visitors this 2015/16 season, most probably breaking the 100.000 milestone, with 336 calls involving 47 cruise vessels. The estimate is 112.170 passengers by April 2016, of which 79.486 non Antarctic and 36.684 Antarctic visitors.

• Wednesday, December 31st 2014 - 02:44 UTC

  Ushuaia expects 22.000 cruise visitors during January, says local tourist office

  

  Ushuaia, in the extreme south of Argentina is expecting 22.000 cruise visitors during the month of January to which must be added to the 17.000 that already landed in Tierra del Fuego since the current 2014/2015 season officially opened last September, according to the provincial Tourist office.

• Tuesday, November 18th 2014 - 07:18 UTC

  Ushuaia gateway to Antarctica: of 295 cruise calls this season 60% will travel south

  

  Ushuaia, the world's southern most city and gateway to Antarctica cruises expects this 2014/2015 season an estimated forty vessels and 295 calls, according to Tierra del Fuego province port authorities. As usual the first vessel to arrive was Chilean flagged Stella Australis with 210 passengers, at the end of September, which is also expected to close the season in April next year.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 21:32 UTC

  Buenos Aires expects 168 cruise calls this season up from 158 in 2011/12

  

  Buenos Aires expects 168 cruise calls in the 2012/13 season, according to Terminales Río de la Plata, up from 158 calls in 2011/12. National Geographic Explorer is booked as the first arrival, on Oct. 21, with Splendour of the Seas to wrap the season on April 15.