Tourism

• Friday, July 30th 2010 - 02:57 UTC

  International air traffic showed strong recovery in June said IATA

  

  International air passenger demand (particularly China and Latinamerica) and freight showed a strong improvement during June compared to a year ago according to the latest traffic international statistics released by the International Air Transport Association, IATA.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2010 - 06:49 UTC

  LAN Chile’s passenger and cargo businesses grow 24.5% and 60.3%

  

  LAN Airlines, Chile’s flag carrier second-quarter net profit jumped to 60.6 million US dollars in line with market expectations, from 4.2 million USD a year earlier, the flagship carrier reported Tuesday.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2010 - 02:33 UTC

  Gibraltar airport scheduled to become operational next May 2001

  

  Gibraltar's new airport terminal is scheduled for completion in May 2011 and will come into operation regardless of whether or not the works on the La Linea North Entrance have been completed, Chief Minister Peter Caruana has confirmed.

• Monday, July 26th 2010 - 20:45 UTC

  U2 and Bono scheduled to perform in Santiago de Chile March 2011

  

  Chileans will have a chance to see U2 in concert, as the popular Irish rock band, headed by singer Bono, plans to perform in Santiago in March 2011 as a part of its 360 Tour. It will be the band’s third show in Chile.

• Monday, July 26th 2010 - 20:38 UTC

  Easier and faster access to Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia

  

  Chilean Public Works Minister Hernán de Solminihac recently inaugurated a new 9.6 million US dollars highway - Route 9 - connecting Puerto Natales to Villa Cerro Castillo, in the region of the Torres del Paine National Park, extreme south of the country.

• Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 06:00 UTC

  Britain to build airport in mid Atlantic St Helena Island; vital link with Falklands

  

  Britain announced Thursday it had agreed to build an airport on the mid Atlantic island of Saint Helena, which is expected to become a vital link for the Falkland Islands air communications.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2010 - 09:47 UTC

  Travel conference to promote gay tourism takes off in Buenos Aires

  

  A marketing and travel conference aimed at promoting tourism for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community was opened Wednesday by Argentina’s new tourism minister Enrique Meyer.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2010 - 06:30 UTC

  Spain’s 2010 tourism receipts down for the third year running

  

  For the third year running Spain tourism receipts will fall in 2010 according to the Exeltur, the Alliance for Tourism Excellence which brings together the country’s industry. The latest data indicates that real receipts this year will drop an estimated 2.4% to 37.2 billion US dollars following a 10.6% fall in 2009 and 1% in 2008.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2010 - 03:51 UTC

  Uruguay overall tourism champion in Latinamerica, says Latin Tourism Index

  

  Uruguay is overall champion of tourism in Latin America, according to the Latin Tourism Index from Latin Business Chronicle

• Monday, July 19th 2010 - 02:37 UTC

  Argentina expects more than five million foreign tourists in 2010

  

  Argentina is expecting over five million tourists this year, a historic record which represents a 15.5% increase over 2009, said Tourism Minister Enrique Meyer.