Tourism

• Monday, June 3rd 2013 - 17:47 UTC

  Uruguay is Latinamerica’s most gay-friendly country and ranks tenth worldwide

  

  Uruguay was deemed the friendliest toward gay in Latinamerica and among the top countries in the world, according to the latest Spartacus International Gay Travel Index which ranks 139 countries worldwide.

• Monday, June 3rd 2013 - 05:22 UTC

  Despite Falklands, more than 100.000 Argentine tourists visited Britain

  

  Argentine tourists have staged a British invasion, with record numbers flying in to the UK in the last year, according to an article by Matt Chorley published in the Daily Mail. The influx of more than 100.000 visitors, up more than a quarter year-on-year, comes despite renewed tensions between the two countries over the status of the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, May 28th 2013 - 06:20 UTC

  St Helena airport to open February 2016; on line survey to assess travel potential

  

  As from 2016 the British Overseas Territory of St Helena in the mid Atlantic will have regular flight connections when the island’s first airport opens which opens a magnificent opportunity for promoting tourism and for Saints living overseas to visit their homeland.

• Tuesday, May 28th 2013 - 06:06 UTC

  Royal Caribbean “Grandeur of the Seas” suffers accident, cancels cruise

  

  Royal Caribbean International announced on Monday that the 31 May 2013 sailing of Grandeur of the Seas from Baltimore, Maryland, will be cancelled to allow for repairs to damages sustained as a result of a fire.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 19:16 UTC

  Cruise industry adopts passenger bill of rights

  

  Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) announced this week that its Board of Directors approved the adoption of a “Cruise Industry Passenger Bill of Rights” detailing CLIA members' commitment to the safety, comfort and care of guests in a number of important areas.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 00:14 UTC

  Carnival cruises profits suffering from a bad spell of vessels’ incidents

  

  Shares in cruise company Carnival have fallen more than 7% after it issued a profit warning its second in just three months. Carnival, which operates ships under brands such as P&O and Costa Cruises, said full year revenues, which were expected to be flat, would now fall 2-3%.

• Tuesday, May 21st 2013 - 00:35 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ tourism industry keeps growing despite a drop in cruise visitors

  

  The Falkland Islands International Tourism Statistics Report released to the public this week records that 2012 was the second highest year on record in terms of overnight visitors travelling for leisure. There were 7,791 overnight tourists (as opposed to day trip cruise tourists) arrivals in the Falkland Islands in 2012, of which 1,937 could be classed as leisure visitors. Overall, tourist arrivals have grown at an average annual rate of 7% per annum over the period 2000-2012.

• Monday, May 20th 2013 - 07:03 UTC

  Uruguay satisfied with the latest cruise season, but there could be difficulties ahead

  

  The Uruguayan 2012/13 cruise season experienced a 10% increase in the number of calls to the ports of Montevideo and Punta del Este totalling 240 and approximately 400.000 visitors between passengers and crew members.

• Monday, May 20th 2013 - 05:00 UTC

  Lan privileged passengers but will review investments and expects ‘common sense’ from Argentine officials

  

  Lan Chile admitted the company had to yield to the demands from the Argentine company Intercargo, which monopolizes ground services in all the country’s air terminals, so that they could resume normal traffic in Argentina. It also said that it was not leaving Argentine but would review future investments and expects more common sense from local authorities.

• Monday, May 20th 2013 - 04:55 UTC

  Lan back in the air in Argentina after yielding to ground services boycott

  

  Chilean company Lan Airlines said on Saturday it was “gradually resuming” domestic and international flights in Argentina that it had suspended on Friday due to a conflict with state-run Intercargo company. Intercargo said it had re-established the service to Lan after the airline agreed to cancel a debt.