Tourism

• Wednesday, July 29th 2026 - 07:46 UTC

  Wildfires in Spain and France hit the world's two largest wine-growing nations

  

  The wildfires affecting Spain and France since mid-July have reached an unprecedented scale in both countries, which together account for nearly a quarter of the world's vineyard area. Spain declared a national wildfire emergency for the first time, while French President Emmanuel Macron described the situation as the most severe recorded in his country since the Second World War.

• Sunday, July 26th 2026 - 09:45 UTC

  Chilean shipping company weighs a monthly route between Punta Arenas and the Falklands

  

  Chilean company Easter Island Naviera (EIL) is considering establishing a monthly cargo shipping service between Punta Arenas and the Falklands, following a visit to the archipelago in which its representatives held around a dozen meetings with local businesses and presented the project to the Islands' chamber of commerce.

• Monday, July 20th 2026 - 19:01 UTC

  Scientists begin first study of whisky matured in Antarctica

  

  A team of scientists has begun the first analysis of a whisky matured in Antarctica, aiming to determine what three years at temperatures as low as -35°C did to the spirit's maturation, chemistry and taste.

• Wednesday, July 8th 2026 - 19:14 UTC

  LATAM resumes direct winter flights from Sao Paulo to Ushuaia, four weekly frequencies

  

  Aviation and Tourism publications are reporting that after several years without regular services. Latam has returned to the Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego airport to offer nonstop flights from its main hub Sao Paulo on the continent.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2026 - 23:38 UTC

  Falklands: good news for FIGAS, next NB Islander assembly “scheduled in the coming weeks”

  

  Falkland Islands Government Air Service, FIGAS, Britten-Norman has confirmed that the first new Islander to be produced through its fully reshored UK production line has reached 75% completion at the company’s Bembridge facility on the Isle of Wight, with final assembly scheduled in the coming weeks.

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2026 - 08:12 UTC

  Falklands, South Atlantic Airbridge will change UK terminal to East Midlands for four months

  

  The Royal Air Force and British Forces South Atlantic Islands have informed to the Falkland Islands community of temporary changes to the South Atlantic Airbridge, SAA, which links the Islands with RAF Brize Norton in England.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2026 - 21:14 UTC

  Montevideo's Carrasco airport to fly to 15 destinations in June with 158 weekly flights

  

  Carrasco International Airport, in the department of Canelones, will operate in June with 11 airlines and a total of 158 weekly frequencies to 15 direct destinations, according to the schedule released by Aeropuertos Uruguay. The program consolidates the regional and international network of the country's main terminal, with Brazil as the fastest-growing market.

• Thursday, May 21st 2026 - 18:11 UTC

  Falklands reaffirms close relationship with IAATO; Marketplace Expo in USA

  

  Reaffirming the close relationship and collaboration members from the Falkland Islands Development Corporation (FIDC) team led a coalition of Falkland Islands businesses for the inaugural Marketplace Expo during the International Association for Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) Annual meeting, which was held in late April, in Annapolis, Maryland, USA.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2026 - 16:38 UTC

  Paraguay aims for 10 million tourists by 2037 with megaparks and foreign capital

  

  The new minister of Paraguay's National Tourism Secretariat (Senatur), Jacinto Santa María, has announced a plan to turn the country into a regional tourism destination and draw up to 10 million annual visitors by 2037, a target that would almost triple the flow recorded in 2025 and which the official aims to reach by attracting major foreign investment to develop theme parks and megaprojects. Santa María, who took office two weeks ago, laid out the proposal in an interview with the EFE news agency and at his first press conference at the head of the agency.

• Friday, May 8th 2026 - 15:40 UTC

  Ushuaia landfill scrutinized in cruise ship hantavirus outbreak probe

  

  Seven kilometers from downtown Ushuaia, the municipal landfill serving Argentina's southernmost city has become one of the focal points of the epidemiological investigation into the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship. Health teams are searching the site for traces of infected rodents. The landfill is frequented by birdwatchers from around the world, drawn by species such as the white-throated caracara, a scavenger bird endemic to the region.