Tourism

Friday, November 18th 2011 - 22:04 UTC
Latam Tourism ministers gather in northeast Brazil for a forum on development

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the government of Ceará, Brazil, will bring together international and national experts to debate the impact of tourism on development, social inclusion, and regional integration in the Americas.
Friday, November 18th 2011 - 06:21 UTC
Piranhas attack tourists in famous Brazilian Pantanal river beach

Thousands of flesh-eating piranhas have infested a Brazilian river beach popular with tourists, biting at least 15 unwary swimmers. One of the bathers lost the tip of their toe during a frenzied attack.
Thursday, November 17th 2011 - 22:25 UTC
Santiago air terminal will be expanded to handle 24m pax annually by 2017

Chilean Public Works minister Laurence Golborne announced this week a 500 million dollars plan to revamp Santiago’s air terminal to address the ever growing number of national and international passengers.
Wednesday, November 16th 2011 - 00:34 UTC
Argentina tells Uruguay it will not accept surplus Pesos from the summer season

Argentina will not take back the millions of Pesos that thousands of tourists spend in neighbouring Uruguay during the summer season. That was the reply to a request from Uruguay’s largest bank branch in the City of Buenos Aires, according to banking sources in Montevideo.
Tuesday, November 15th 2011 - 21:52 UTC
Flights disruptions and delays continue in Buenos Aires main airports

Cancellations and more delays persisted Tuesday at Buenos Aires main airports as Aerolineas Argentinas flights suffered further setbacks to the service. The administrators of metropolitan Aeroparque and Ezeiza international airport, Aeropuertos Argentinas 2000 said that flights “were resuming, albeit slowly”.
Tuesday, November 15th 2011 - 06:46 UTC
Embraer has dominant position in the Middle East 60/120 pax jet segment

Brazilian aerospace conglomerate, Embraer sees a market demand of 310 jets in the 60-120 passenger jet segment in the Middle-East in the period 2011-2030. According to reports, the aircraft maker has forecast a market potential of 14 billion dollars during the period in the region.
Monday, November 14th 2011 - 20:36 UTC
Aerolineas Argentinas resumes flights with Air Force taking control of operations

International flights by state-run carrier Aerolineas Argentinas resumed Monday after a weekend disruption over a labour dispute with comptrollers which the government of President Cristina Fernandez resolved by ordering the Air Force to take control of air operations.
Monday, November 14th 2011 - 07:37 UTC
Uruguay fears fall in value of the Argentine Peso could impact summer season

In the last eleven days the Argentine Peso has fallen almost 20% in neighbouring Uruguay where it has sounded alarm bells ahead of the coming season when hundreds of thousands of Argentines flood Uruguayan beaches.
Saturday, November 12th 2011 - 11:22 UTC
Iguazu Falls chosen as one of the natural seven wonders of the world

The Iguazú Falls located on the border of Argentina and Brazi and consisting of approximately 257 individual falls over 2.7 kilometres were chosen as one of the new natural seven wonders of the world in a contest in which thousands of people voted via text messages, by phone and online. The result will be made official in 2012 with a big celebration.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 08:39 UTC
South African group awarded contract to build St Helena international airport

The St Helena Government this week entered into a contract with South Africa’s Basil Read (Pty) Ltd in the amount of £201.5 million for the design and construction of the airport, an additional up to £10 million in shared risk contingency, and £35.1 million for ten years of operation.