Tourism

• Thursday, November 21st 2013 - 06:35 UTC

  Pro-Malvinas militant groups told by winch workers to keep out of the port of Buenos Aires

  

  Pickets organized by the Argentine fundamentalist group Quebracho to protest the docking in the port of Buenos Aires of the Bahamas flagged cruise “Seabourn Quest” which includes the Falkland Islands in its route were displaced by the union of winch operators in conflict over pay, work conditions and official registry of their grouping.

• Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 12:51 UTC

  Falklands 'Falkstock' festival organized by Polar Latitudes and Sulivan Shipping

  

  Working in conjunction with Sulivan Shipping expedition cruise company Polar Latitudes has announced plans for the First Annual Falkland Islands Music Festival (Falkstock) to be held in March as a celebration of the end of season.

• Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 17:51 UTC

  Falklands’ tourist board on 'path to worldwide recognition'

  

  “We are encouraged to see the natural progression of the Falklands tourist board on a path to worldwide recognition”, said Managing Director Tony Mason who announced plans for the establishment of an Islands' tourist board branch in London.

• Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 07:57 UTC

  Argentina complains South African Airways decision to cut the Buenos Aires route

  

  Argentina's ambassador to South Africa, Carlos Sersale di Cerisano, has criticized South African Airways’ (SAA’s) move to end its service to Buenos Aires as a “political decision” not based on commercial criteria. SAA spokesman Tlali Tlali said the airline was cutting long-haul routes from its network as part of a turnaround strategy to restore profitability. Cutting the route between Argentina and South Africa had to be seen in that context.

• Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 07:51 UTC

  Venice reducing cruise traffic in front of St Mark's square

  

  A special commission approved this week a plan to divert cruise ships away from Venice's historic center by 2016, but activists seeking to rid the city of the giant ships expressed reservations about the proposed new route.

• Wednesday, November 6th 2013 - 01:34 UTC

  Falklands delegation participating of World Travel Mart in London

  

  The Falkland Islands Tourist board and a team of delegates are participating of the World Travel Mart in London which is considered the largest travel and tourism show in the world.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2013 - 13:50 UTC

  Brazil consumer watchdog orders airlines to reduce 'abusive' domestic fare for 2014 World Cup

  

  Brazil's consumer watchdog Procon Rio do Janeiro branch has ordered five airlines to reduce “abusive” domestic fares during next year's FIFA World Cup. Avianca, TAM, Gol, Azul and Oceanair have been accused of inflating prices up to 10-fold during the June 12-July 13 tournament.

• Monday, November 4th 2013 - 05:54 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez wants Argentine tourists to remain and visit Argentina

  

  The administration of President Cristina Fernandez is preparing a package of measures in an attempt to further impede the outflow of hard currency, mainly US dollars, for which it is planning to establish a double exchange rate system. The measures target tourism, a bill of 8 billion dollars which has become dearer than the energy deficit.

• Saturday, November 2nd 2013 - 23:39 UTC

  Chile's Torres del Paine park named '8th Wonder of the World” by VritualTourist

  

  VirtualTourist announced that after more than five million worldwide votes, Turismo Chile's entry of Torres del Paine National Park has been named the “8th Wonder of the World”.

• Friday, November 1st 2013 - 21:36 UTC

  Dollar-short Venezuela creates new exchange rate system for arriving tourists

  

  Venezuela will create a new exchange rate for tourists to buy up to US$10,000 of the local Bolivar currency per year in a measure intended to help reduce black market trading, the government said in its official gazette.