Tag: Punta Arenas

• Monday, March 7th 2011 - 23:52 UTC

  Punta Arenas equally competitive to Ushuaia for the 2012/13 cruise season

  

  Chilean authorities anticipate that for the season 2012/13, Punta Arenas will be in favourable conditions to compete with neighbouring Ushuaia in Argentina. This follows on Chilean initiatives to cut operation costs for cruise vessels dramatically and the lifting of the ban on floating casinos.

• Saturday, March 5th 2011 - 06:58 UTC

  Punta Arenas lost 18.000 cruise visitors this season

  

  Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile is experiencing a significant drop in the number of cruise visitors this season according to the Austral Port Authority, EPA.

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 20:50 UTC

  “Discouraging” tourist season for Punta Arenas and Torres del Paine

  

  It has been a tough and discouraging tourist season this summer for Punta Arenas and its area of influence according to local operators and the hotel industry.

• 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.

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 - 06:30 UTC

  Coal mine project in Chilean Patagonia triggers Facebook debate

  

  Mina Invierno, a major coal mine project to be located in Chilean Patagonia, has sparked new controversy in the Magallanes Region. The coal mine will be located on Isla Riesco, Chile’s fourth biggest island, just 80 miles from the region’s capital of Punta Arenas.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 14:10 UTC

  Chilean president flies to Antarctica but “will avoid” contact with Punta Arenas

  

  Chilean president Sebastián Piñera is expected next Friday in Punta Arenas airport en route to Antarctica with his Ecuadorean counterpart Rafael Correa, but will avoid all contact with locals, reports La Prensa Austral.

• Thursday, January 20th 2011 - 23:52 UTC

  Sixty Percent of Visits Cancelled to Southern Chile

  

  Seven days of protests and demonstrations, widespread international coverage, and dramatic warnings of violence in the Magallanes Region took their toll on the tourism industry in southern Chile’s Punta Arenas.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2011 - 00:43 UTC

  Chile: After Seven Days of Manifestation Agreement Puts End to Gas Crisis

  

  Chilean officials reached agreement Tuesday with the Citizens Assembly of Magallanes over an increase in natural gas prices that sparked a week-long general strike in the remote southern region, sources involved in the talks said.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2011 - 01:15 UTC

  Chile: “Zero readjustment” is not a viable option to resolve conflict due to gas price increase

  

  Energy and Mining Minister Laurence Golborne insisted on the last proposal made by the Chilean government to stop manifestations which would imply a 3% increase in hydrocarbon.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2011 - 01:04 UTC

  Gov. Rios warned that the industry was already experiencing “problems” due to the Chilean blockade

  

  The Governor of Tierra del Fuego announced on Radio 10 that they are awaiting the results of the meetings taking place in Chile to resolve the conflict in Punta Arenas which is affecting Argentine tourists.