Tourism

• Wednesday, February 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Rio's Christ Redeemer competes for World Wonders title

  

  In a colorful ceremony full of music and dance, Brazil's Rio do Janeiro officially presented this week the candidacy of the impressive Christ Redeemer on the Corcovado hill as one of the modern world's seven wonders.

• Tuesday, February 6th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay: Punta's real-estate explosion

  

  The glitter is back at the Uruguayan peninsula long known as South America's summer playground for the rich and famous — a Latin version of Monaco or the Hamptons of New York.

• Thursday, February 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Cruise ship grounding a warning says Falklands Conservation manager.

  

  The grounding of a cruise liner in Antarctic waters on Wednesday appears to have been handled without damage either to the environment or to passengers, according to Grant Munro, Manager of the Falkland Islands non-governmental organisation, Falklands Conservation, which is an associate member of the International Association of Antarctic Cruise Organisations.( IAATO)

• Thursday, February 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Air travel expected to double by 2025

  

  The number of air travellers is expected to double by 2025, rising to more than 9 billion a year, a body representing the world's airports said on yesterday. The Airports Council International (ACI) predicted air freight would triple over the same period.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Passengers of stranded cruise taken to Ushuaia

  

  The 300 passengers of a cruise vessel that ran aground in the South Shetlands are being transferred to another ship from the same company and will be transported to Ushuaia, extreme south Argentina.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Record year for world tourism; South America up 7.2%

  

  World tourism registered yet another record last year with 842 million arrivals, a higher than expected growth rate of 4.5% with Latinamerica consolidating its sustained growth tendency reaching 7.2%, according to United Nations figures.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Last minute agreement averts British Airways full strike

  

  British Airways averted a strike by flight attendants, reaching agreement on pay and sick leave hours before the two-day walkout was due to start Wednesday. The deal was finally nailed down after more than 120 hours of talks between the company and the Transport and General Workers' Union.

• Monday, January 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  All hands on deck for Golden Princess visit to Falklands

  

  Today the huge cruise liner Golden Princess made the first of a number of scheduled visits this year to Stanley (population around 2000) the neat, but tiny capital of the Falkland Islands.

• Sunday, January 28th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Dengue fever alert in Paraguay and north Argentina

  A case of dengue fever in the northern Argentine province of Formosa has health authorities on alert since a growing number of cases, some deadly, of the disease have been reported in neighboring Paraguay where an epidemics alert has been declared.

• Friday, January 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Sao Paulo celebrates anniversary with 453 meters long cake

  

  Brazil's Sao Paulo, South America's largest and most dynamic city celebrated this week its 453 anniversary with an eight tons cake shared by thousands of residents.