Tourism

• Sunday, May 1st 2011 - 23:38 UTC

  Air France flight 447 memory unit recovered from bottom of the Atlantic

  

  The memory unit that may tell why an Air France jet plunged into the Atlantic nearly two years ago was recovered from the bottom of the ocean Sunday, France's Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA) said.

• Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 01:46 UTC

  Deep sea remote vehicle finds ‘black box chassis” among Air France wreckage

  

  Deep-sea searchers picking through wreckage of an Air France plane that crashed off Brazil in 2009 have found a part that held one of the flight's data recorders, but without the memory unit that could provide crucial clues to the crash.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 15:14 UTC

  Mercosur supports tourism industry with improved data and investment promotion

  

  Mercosur country members with support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Tourism Organization will cooperate in the promotion of tourism focusing on improved and harmonized statistics, strengthening governance and promoting investment in the industry in the region.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 08:54 UTC

  Brazil’s five largest airports will be managed under concession by private sector

  

  Brazil is planning to hand over the country's five largest airports to the private sector through concession agreements, in an effort to accelerate upgrades ahead of two major international events, Brazilian presidential Chief of Staff Antonio Palocci said Tuesday.

• Thursday, April 21st 2011 - 06:22 UTC

  Gibraltar promotes cruise calls allowing them to open on-board casinos and shops

  

  Cruise ships calling in Gibraltar will be allowed to open their on-board casinos and shops to their passengers after 6pm, providing an incentive to remain alongside until the early hours of the following morning, was announced by the Rock’s Deputy Chief Minister Joe Holliday.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2011 - 05:01 UTC

  Mexican cruise operator takes off with full evacuation of ‘Ocean Star Pacific’

  

  The 1050 passenger MV ‘Ocean Star Pacific’ was stranded six miles off the Mexican coast at Huatulco by a generator fire, forcing the evacuation of 522 passengers and 226 crew members on Saturday.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2011 - 04:44 UTC

  Uruguay’s booming tourism industry needs “a harbour for cruise vessels”

  

  Uruguay is seriously considering the construction of a harbour for the cruise industry and admits infrastructure is already lacking in many areas for the exponential growth of the tourism industry, which in 2011 could be reaching the targets set out for the five year period 2010/2014.

• Saturday, April 16th 2011 - 09:48 UTC

  February tourist arrivals in Argentina increased 9.3% over a year ago

  

  The amount of tourists that arrived in Argentina during February increased 9.3% compared to the same month of 2010 and totalled 203,766 people, according to a government report.

• Saturday, April 9th 2011 - 00:13 UTC

  Puerto Williams poised to become Chile’s Antarctica travel hub

  

  Chile and the world’s southernmost town, Puerto Williams, is to open up to mass tourism under a new investment program approved by the government.

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 09:58 UTC

  Five cruise vessels call in South Georgia during March

  

  The South Georgia tourist season is drawing to a close with just one cruise ship left to visit in early April, according to the latest edition of the South Georgia Newsletter.