Tourism

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

  Gatwick/Buenos Aires air shuttle by Norwegian start from £259 one-way

  

  This Wednesday, the first ever budget flight from London to South America departs from Gatwick airport. Fares on the 14-hour Norwegian Air Shuttle flight to Buenos Aires start from £259 one-way. The seats are tightly packed and food and luggage cost extra, but the no-frills model of flying, so well established on short-haul routes, is becoming increasingly common on intercontinental flights.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 08:20 UTC

  .UK cruise passengers name 2018 top ships

  

  The winners of the 2018 Cruise Critic UK Cruisers’ Choice Awards were announced today. The awards name the most popular cruise ships of the year, based entirely on UK reviews posted to the Cruise Critic website. The site boasts the largest online cruise community in the world with more than 350,000 cruise reviews, covering approximately 500 of the most popular cruise ships.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 07:51 UTC

  Europe welcomed 671 million tourist arrivals in 2017, up 8% from 2016

  

  Europe welcomed 671 million international tourist arrivals in 2017, an outstanding 8% growth compared to 2016 (+2%), consolidating for the eighth consecutive year, its position as the leading destination worldwide.

• Friday, February 9th 2018 - 20:10 UTC

  Essential EU poly-lingual staff for UK inbound tourism at risk with Brexit

  

  The CEO of the European Tourism Association, ETOA, Tom Jenkins told Parliament that Brexit is already harming the inbound travel industry, damaging productivity and asked for assurances that hiring non-UK EU workers remains free from bureaucratic burdens, since language skills are particularly important in the industry.

• Friday, February 9th 2018 - 20:00 UTC

  Five European countries have become a top travel destination for the US

  

  Europe is once again a top travel destination for Americans. Five European countries, Italy, Ireland, France, Iceland and the United Kingdom, comprised half of the top 10 spots for vacation plans in 2018.

• Friday, February 9th 2018 - 19:58 UTC

  Cancelled Machu Picchu airport triggers international dispute between Peru and contractors

  

  The Peruvian-Argentine consortium Kuntur Wasi said that it plans to sue Peru in an international arbitration court after failing to reach a deal with the government over the cancellation of its US$525 million Chinchero airport project.

• Thursday, February 8th 2018 - 11:21 UTC

  Busy cruise visitors week for Ushuaia: 20.000 landed during January

  

  Ushuaia in the extreme south of Argentina is experiencing one of the busiest weeks of the current cruise season with six vessels and thousands of visitors calling at the capital of Tierra del Fuego. This includes the “Emerald Princess”, which is the largest to visit the End of the World city and will be completing its third call this season.

• Thursday, February 8th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Falklands and MoD agree to address rotor winds at MPA airport

  

  The Falkland Islands government and the Ministry of Defense have agreed to address the challenge of rotor winds, which have become a serious problem for the operations at the Mount Pleasant Complex.

• Wednesday, February 7th 2018 - 07:37 UTC

  Expedition cruise vessel to be launched in 2020 will have its own submarine and helicopter

  

  Scenic Cruises is planning to create another exclusive, expedition-style ocean vessel that boasts of its own submarine and helicopter. The Australian-owned cruise operator mentioned that the soon-to-be-launched 228-passenger Scenic Eclipse would be getting a sister in 2020 and it would be known as the Scenic Eclipse II. She is schedule to sail Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica.

• Sunday, February 4th 2018 - 10:41 UTC

  Intrepid all-female Indian yacht crew fall in love with the Falklands

  

  As the 6 lady crew members of the Indian Naval yacht TARINI prepare to leave the Falklands they take away: ‘Pleasant memories of a very wonderfully close-knit family atmosphere, of people who trust each other, are resourceful, peaceful and kind to each other and who live well with no poverty, unemployment, destitution or hardships’ said Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi who is the captain of the 17 x 5 meters sloop.