Tourism

• Saturday, May 5th 2012 - 06:01 UTC

  Brazil received 5.4 million tourists in 2011 with Argentina providing 1.6 million

  

  Brazil received more than 5.4 million international visitors in 2011, up 5.35 from 2010, the Tourism Ministry announced Friday. The number of visitors from other South American nations rose from 2.384 million in 2010 to 2.628 million in 2011.

• Saturday, May 5th 2012 - 01:38 UTC

  IOC criticizes Argentina for involving the Games with politics and Falklands’ dispute

  

  The International Olympic Committee, IOC, criticized on Friday an Argentine television spot that links the London Games to Argentina's sovereignty dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands, calling it a blatant attempt to use the games for political purposes.

• Tuesday, May 1st 2012 - 08:53 UTC

  The Titanic II will mark the entrance of China to the cruise-ship industry

  

  Australian mining billionaire Clive Palmer plans to build a 21st-century replica of the Titanic and sail it from England to New York accompanied by the Chinese navy by the end of 2016.

• Thursday, April 26th 2012 - 01:38 UTC

  Port of Montevideo invests heavily in infrastructure for the cruise industry

  

  Uruguay has began works in the extension of a pier in the port of Montevideo to cater the cruise industry which should be ready for the next season 2012/13 when the country will also become a hub for the exchange of passengers.

• Tuesday, April 24th 2012 - 21:25 UTC

  Strong sterling and UK prices have vacation Britons fleeing to the continent

  

  Soaring sterling rates are giving Britons and Gibraltarians as much as 14% more cash for their summer 2012 trips to Euro Europe compared with last year, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Thursday, April 19th 2012 - 21:14 UTC

  Gibraltar receives record number of cruise visitors during the first quarter

  

  Gibraltar received a record number of cruise passengers in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest statistics released by the Gibraltar Government. The figures represent a slight increase over the same period in 2011, which itself marked a sharp rise over previous first-quarter cruise business.

• Thursday, April 19th 2012 - 20:28 UTC

  South Georgia stranded cruise passengers en route to Montevideo on rescue vessel

  

  Dutch Oceanwide Expeditions reported that 74 passengers and 21 crew members from the Antarctic expedition cruise ship MV Plancius , stranded in South Georgia have been transferred to a rescue ship and are on their way to Montevideo.

• Wednesday, April 18th 2012 - 17:52 UTC

  IAATO increasingly concerned on recent yacht related incidents in Antarctic waters

  

  Recent incidents and sightings involving yachts in Antarctic waters have generated considerable interest and concern among the members of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO).

• Saturday, April 14th 2012 - 20:30 UTC

  Cruise sent to collect passengers from stranded M/V Plancius docked in South Georgia

  

  The Panama flagged cruise vessel M/V Ushuaia is expected to arrive early next week in South Georgia to pick up the stranded 114 passengers and crew of a similar small cruise M/V Plancius which after experiencing serious propulsion trouble took shelter at King Edward Point Research Station in Grytviken.

• Thursday, April 12th 2012 - 06:09 UTC

  Brazil has become the fourth largest source of tourists to the US

  

  Brazil ranks as the fourth largest source of overseas visitors to the United States with 1.5 million visits in 2011, which represents a 26% increase from 2010 said the State Department in a release. With these figures on the table “the Department of State is taking action to expand the already extensive ties between our nations”.