Tourism

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.
Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 09:17 UTC
Record number of tourists visit Chile in first quarter; top of the list Argentines

The number of foreign tourists visiting Chile rose 9.2% during the first quarter of 2011 in relation to the same period last year, according to Tourism Secretary Jacqueline Plass. A record-breaking 1,043, 042 tourists entered Chile between January and March, at the height of the summer tourism season.
Monday, April 4th 2011 - 04:36 UTC
Parts of Air France aircraft lost in 2009 found on seabed of the Atlantic

France has discovered what appears to be part of an Air France aircraft that crashed in the Atlantic almost two years ago killing all 228 people on board, accident investigators said.
Friday, April 1st 2011 - 06:47 UTC
Number of Chileans travelling abroad by air in summer doubled in ten years

The number of Chileans choosing to travel abroad by air in the summer months has increased by 17% from last year, and is double the number who travelled in 2001.
Friday, April 1st 2011 - 00:22 UTC
Gibraltar expects 350.000 cruise visitors; opposition says 2010 was “the worst year”

Gibraltar expects to receive approximately 350.000 cruise visitors during the current 2011 season, announced Deputy Chief Minister Joe Holliday during the reception for the inaugural call to the Rock of MSC Poesia.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 20:37 UTC
Montevideo received almost a million tourists in 2010

Uruguay received 2.4 million tourists during 2010, 34% of which the capital Montevideo and if the cruise visitors are added the final number jumps to 930.000, according to Luis Polakof, head of the city’s Economic Development Department.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 06:56 UTC
Guess what? “in the (Falklands) Malvinas Islands they only speak English”

In the Malvinas Islands, guess what? They speak English according to Juan Antonio Agulles, mayor of the Argentine town of Malargüe, recently back from a trip to the Falkland Islands with a delegation of the so-called Rugby with out Frontiers.
Tuesday, March 22nd 2011 - 20:13 UTC
Falkland Islands’ tours are top three in South America

Three Falkland Islands tours achieved the top ratings out of all South American excursions taken by Princess Cruise Line passengers during the 2010/11 season, confirmed Tourism Coordinator Samantha Marsh of Falklands Port and Shore Excursion Agents Sulivan Shipping Ltd.
Tuesday, March 22nd 2011 - 08:06 UTC
Buenos Aires main airports cancel all flights as communications system collapses

Flights began to be resumed late Monday in Argentina’s two main airports after they had to be cancelled due to technical problems with the Control Tower system.
Monday, March 21st 2011 - 23:15 UTC
Falklands’ 2010 land-based tourism ‘surprisingly good’ as opposed to cruise ships

Using the United Nations definition of tourism, 2010 was a surprisingly good year for land-based, as opposed to cruise ship tourism in the Falkland Islands, with numbers up from 4,241 in 2009 to 6,017 in 20010.