Tag: Jacqueline Plass

• Tuesday, July 5th 2011 - 05:49 UTC

  Argentina/Chile agree to jointly promote receptive tourism in far distant markets

  

  Argentina and Chile have reached an understanding to join efforts in promoting receptive tourism in far distant overseas markets. The document was signed last week by Chile’s Deputy Secretary for Tourism Jacqueline Plass and the Argentine Tourism minister Enrique Meyer at the Argentina embassy in Santiago de Chile.

• Thursday, June 30th 2011 - 21:04 UTC

  Chile plans to invest massively in developing tourism in Mapuche territory

  

  Home to pristine forests and the indigenous Mapuche people, Chile’s Araucanía Region is rich with tourism potential. However, according to the government, the area needs a facelift in order to capitalize on its resources.

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 09:17 UTC

  Record number of tourists visit Chile in first quarter; top of the list Argentines

  

  The number of foreign tourists visiting Chile rose 9.2% during the first quarter of 2011 in relation to the same period last year, according to Tourism Secretary Jacqueline Plass. A record-breaking 1,043, 042 tourists entered Chile between January and March, at the height of the summer tourism season.

• Friday, March 18th 2011 - 23:55 UTC

  Chile launches promotion package to recover 250 cruise vessel annual calls

  

  Recovering 250 cruise vessel calls a year, --as in 2006 and 2008--, is the Chilean government target with the bill it has sent to Congress which would authorize Chilean and foreign flagged vessels to operate their on board casinos while sailing in territorial waters, currently specifically banned.

• Wednesday, February 23rd 2011 - 19:04 UTC

  Chile slashes port operating costs for the cruise industry

  

  Chile announced Wednesday that cruise vessels operating in Chilean waters will benefit from significant rebates in port access and docking operations with the implementation of recent modifications to the ruling on rates and charges from the Maritime Transport and Merchant Navy Department.