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Montevideo, May 29th 2025 - 13:08 UTC

Tag: Easter Island

  • Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Cases of dengue in mainland Chile are all imported

    Autochthonous cases were only recorded in Easter Island

    Chilean health authorities said that dengue fever was on the rise nationwide last week, now totaling 228 confirmed cases, none of them autochthonous (patients with no recent travel history) in Chile's mainland. Nevertheless, local experts underlined that the Aedes Aegyppti mosquito was present in the country as a result of weather abnormalities stemming from climate change.

  • Monday, August 8th 2022 - 20:39 UTC

    Travel resumes to Easter Island, albeit under strict protocols

    Tourists must have a negative PCR test when boarding the plane at Santiago's Airport, and an antigen test after arrival

    Travel resumed to Easter Island last week after COVID-19 restrictions. Last weekend, the second regular flight was performed, thus reopening one of the most iconic tourist routes after sanitary measures halted all commercial airline services.

  • Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 07:36 UTC

    HMS Montrose en route to Bahrain calls at Easter Island

    The warship arrived off Easter Island with all on board given the once-in-a-lifetime chance to go ashore and see first the ancient statues, known as Moai, at Ahu Tongariki (Pic RN)

    The crew of HMS Montrose have spent the end of Christmas week on the remote Pacific Easter Island – famous for its huge stone statues. It’s thought to be the first time this century a British warship has visited the Chilean territory, which is about the size of Sheffield – but home to fewer than 8,000 people.

  • Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 08:11 UTC

    Earthquake rocks Chile's Easter Island, but no tsunami

    The Chilean island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean famous for its stone statues.

    An earthquake measuring 6.2 degrees on the Richter scale struck Chile's Easter Islands in the South Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, US and Chilean seismic centres reported, while an ensuing tsunami was ruled out.

  • Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 04:47 UTC

    British Museum asked to return Eastern Island monolith

    The “Hoa Hakananai’a” measures about eight feet in height and weighs an astonishing four tonnes.

    A delegation from the Chilean Easter Island early this week has asked the British Museum in London for the return of an iconic statue believed to date from around 1200 AD and even offered to replace it with a replica carved from stone by a contemporary artist.

  • Monday, September 11th 2017 - 06:22 UTC

    Chile creates a marine protected area around Easter Island

    In 2015, Bachelet first committed to creating the marine reserve, after lobbying from residents.

    Chilean President Michelle Bachelet officially created a 740,000-square kilometer marine reserve around remote Easter Island, a move that will protect dozens of species found nowhere else. The move follows five years of efforts by environmental organizations and the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island, famous for its extreme isolation and mysterious stone statues known as Moai.

  • Wednesday, October 7th 2015 - 05:37 UTC

    Chile announces world's third largest fully protected marine area

    Combined, Nazca-Desaventuradas and Easter Island would protect more than 350,000 square miles, larger than Chile's total landmass.

    Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced this week the creation of the Nazca-Desaventuradas Marine Park, giving Chile claim to the largest marine reserve in the Americas -- as well as the Easter Island Marine Park, which will be the third-largest fully protected marine area in the world.

  • Friday, May 10th 2013 - 05:59 UTC

    Chile launches ambitious tourism campaign at World Travel Market in Sao Paulo

    Jacqueline Plass said Chile received almost 3.5 million tourists last year

    A new international campaign to promote Chile as a tourism destination was launched by the Under Secretariat for Tourism, the institution responsible for the promotion of Chile in overseas markets. The campaign was presented in parallel in Sao Paulo as part of the events at World Travel Market (WTM) Latin America.

  • Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 21:57 UTC

    Chile targets tourism as third most important sector of the economy by 2020

    From the moonscape deserts of Atacama to the fjords of Patagonia, Chile has much to offer

    The new campaign by Chile’s National Tourism Service (Sernatur) aims to make tourism the third largest sector of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020. The campaign will be launched on Jan. 1, 2012.

  • Sunday, June 26th 2011 - 01:24 UTC

    Chile tourism promotion in 3D following agreement with LG Corp

    Chilean attractions will be promoted in 54 diverse markets

    “Chile is good for you.” Viewers across the globe will be reading this phrase, following footage of smiling kayakers and playful porpoises, surrounded by a breathtaking landscape of snow-capped Andes Mountains. All brought to you by the Chilean government and the good people of LG Corp.

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