Tag: Falkland Islands Tourist Board (FITB)

• Thursday, December 14th 2023 - 17:49 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government announces support scheme for tourist sector

  

  Following the approval at ExCo on Tuesday 12 December, the Falkland Islands Government will now be able to provide details on a support scheme designed specifically to mitigate the effects of site closures associated with the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu, on tourism businesses, operators and employees until 31 March 2024.

• Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 06:23 UTC

  Falklands cruise season 2022/23, almost 60,000 visitors but still 16% below 2019/20

  

  Figures from the last tourist season were presented to the Falkland Islands Tourist Board committee this week, and in her report, Executive Director Stephanie Middleton supplied statistics for several aspects of tourism in the Islands.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2022 - 13:46 UTC

  Falklands Tourist Board survey to expand industry strategy from 2025 to 2030

  

  With the end of the Covid 19 pandemic (hopefully) one of the pillars of the Falkland Islands economy is preparing for a return of tourists and visitors, and a successful cruise season.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Falklands expects a great summer season: return of cruise ships and air links

  

  The Falkland Islands Tourist Board has released its July newsletter in which it gives an update of what everybody is expecting to be a great summer season after a hiatus of two years because of the pandemic.

• Friday, July 15th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Bookings good for coming season says Falklands Tourism Board Executive Director

  

  The 2022-23 tourist season is “looking good,” says Falkland Islands Tourist Board (FITB) Executive Director Stephanie Middleton, as cruise ships with passenger numbers upwards of a thousand are expected to return to the Falkland Islands for the first time in three years.

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Falkland Islands' Tourism awarded the Safe Travels from WTTC

  

  As the tourism industry rebuilds following the COVID-19 pandemic, very high standards of health and hygiene are expected to be adopted by all tourism businesses around the world.

• Monday, January 20th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Falkland Islands Special for the popular “Walks around Britain series”

  

  Adventurer and mountaineer Alan Hinkes is tackling one of his most tricky challenges to date: persuading people that the South Atlantic Falkland Islands are a must-see holiday destination.

• Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands celebrates “touchdown for the Second Flight” and anticipates a new era of development for the Islands

  

  The elected government of the Falkland Islands announced that a new era has opened Islands with the inaugural Second Flight from São Paulo, Brazil, touching down this Wednesday afternoon at Mount Pleasant Airport.

• Friday, November 8th 2019 - 07:04 UTC

  “Welcome to the Falkland Islands” sign to be relocated for safety reasons

  

  The Falklands' Planning and Building Committee has approved an application to move the iconic ‘Welcome to the Falkland Islands’ sign, despite the Planning Officer’s recommendation that it be refused. Falkland Islands Tourist Board made the application, citing safety concerns over tourists stopping on the pontoon to take photographs of the sign. It will be moved to the public jetty, rotating through 90 degrees.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands wildlife and tourism promoted by French news agency

  

  Waddling up the beach in single file, their heads held high with an almost self-important demeanor, king penguins are a major draw in the Falkland Islands' tourism industry. Their fluffy brown chicks are nearly fearless of humans, meaning tourists at Volunteer Point, a peninsula on East Falkland Island might get almost close enough to touch one.