Tourism

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Peruvian hairless dogs tradition spans back to pre-Columbian times

  

  Sumac's name may mean “pretty” in Peru's native language, but there is no denying it: she is ugly. She is a “perro peruano sin pelo”, a Peruvian hairless dog with wrinkly leather skin and sparse patches of hair. She and her other hairless friend, Munay, meaning “loved by everyone”, spend their days wandering their home: Lima's ancient pyramid of Huaca Pucllana.

• Friday, August 30th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego protests Falklands display at the coming agricultural show in Uruguay

  

  The extreme south Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego has sent letters to the Foreign Ministry and to the Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic Department expressing concern about a Falkland Islands stand at the British pavilion in the coming international agriculture show in Prado, Montevideo, Uruguay to take place between September 3 and 15.

• Wednesday, August 28th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Falklands' Debbie Summers reelected as New Zealand Cruise Association chairperson

  

  Falkland Islands born New Zealand Executive Director Debbie Summers is entering her fourth year as chairperson of the New Zealand Cruise Association following the seventh annual conference in Auckland August 22-23.

• Saturday, August 17th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  Beware if traveling to US: airports clogged because of security systems outage

  

  Thousands of travelers at US airports faced delays on Friday because of a nationwide outage of US Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) processing systems that lasted several hours.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Carnival Fantasy fails CDC July 18 sanitation test

  

  Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Fantasy cruise ship received a failing sanitation score after a July 18 inspection by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

• Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  Regulator opens Rio/Sao Paulo air bridge to third carrier, Azul

  

  Brazil’s No. 3 airline, Azul SA, said on Monday it would start operating 17 flights per day between Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the country’s most transited route, currently dominated by the country’s No. 1 and 2 carriers.

• Friday, August 9th 2019 - 08:03 UTC

  Large cruise vessels banned from Venice's historic centre

  

  Large cruise ships are to be banned from entering Venice's historic centre, the Italian government says. Ships weighing more than 1,000 tons will be rerouted away from certain waterways from September. The move follows an accident in June in which a ship collided with a dock, injuring five people.

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  Punta Arenas optimistic about the coming 2019/20 cruise season

  

  Punta Arenas port authorities, in the extreme south of Chile, are optimistic about the coming cruise season and its impact on the local economy.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 10:08 UTC

  Uruguay joins Venezuela, recommends travellers visiting US to take extreme precautions because of violence and hate crimes

  

  After the weekend shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, which left more than 31 dead, Uruguay followed on Monday Venezuela and warned their citizens to exercise caution when traveling in the United States.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 08:51 UTC

  British Africa or South America? African Tourism Board welcomes St. Helena

  

  The African Tourism Board declares St. Helena as part of Africa and welcomes Destination Management Company Island Images as their first member on that remote British Island Territory in the Atlantic Ocean.