Tourism

• Saturday, September 18th 2010 - 09:27 UTC

  Venezuelan government airline grounds all flights for technical review of fleet

  

  The government-owned Venezuelan airline involved in a fatal a plane crash Monday in which 16 people were killed has grounded all flights Friday for 14 days to perform a technical review of its fleet, the Conviasa airline announced.

• Friday, September 17th 2010 - 03:45 UTC

  Uruguay’s “life quality” tourism attracted 1.5 million in eight months

  

  The numbers of tourists arriving in Uruguay during the first eight months of 2010, compared to the same period a year ago, increased 13% and revenue jumped 20.2% according to the latest figures released Thursday by the Ministry of Tourism Hector Lescano.

• Tuesday, September 14th 2010 - 10:59 UTC

  Number of tour ships visiting South Georgia to fall for the second year running

  

  The number of tour ships planning to visit South Georgia in the coming summer looks set to fall for the second year in a row, according to a report in the August edition of the South Georgia Newsletter.

• Friday, September 10th 2010 - 03:15 UTC

  Paraguay’s tourism revenue in 2009 totalled 204 million US dollars

  

  Foreign tourists left an estimated 204 million US dollars in land-locked Paraguay in 2009, according to figures made public by the head of the Tourism Office Liz Cramer, during a seminar held this week at the Central Bank.

• Thursday, September 9th 2010 - 00:52 UTC

  Beatle Paul will be back in Chile and Argentina next November

  

  Beatle Paul McCartney will be visiting Peru, Chile, Argentina and Chile as part of his “Up and Coming Tour” next November according to reports in the Argentine and Chilean press.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2010 - 04:16 UTC

  Chilean regional airports international passenger traffic up 55% in five years

  

  Increased travel to Chile’s tourist sites, tax free zones, and mining areas have necessitated greater travel to regional airports, the Civil Aeronautics Board reported last week. As a result, Iquique and Easter Island lead in the number of flights, followed by Arica and Punta Arenas.

• Monday, September 6th 2010 - 05:11 UTC

  First Pink Point LGTB in South America opens in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires has been dubbed the new “gay mecca” of South America, and the Argentine Ministry of Tourism is running with it, according to an article published by LGBT contributed by Roy Heale.

• Monday, September 6th 2010 - 04:54 UTC

  EU agrees on three new watchdogs for the financial system

  

  European Union has reached an agreement on reforms in the financial sector with the creation of a European Systemic Risk Council and three new watchdogs covering banking, insurance and securities markets.

• Saturday, September 4th 2010 - 05:27 UTC

  Third vessel in less than a month to run aground in north Canada Arctic region

  

  A fuel tanker loaded with 9 million litres of diesel fuel has run aground in Canada's Far North but none of the fuel has spilled, the Canadian Coast Guard said on Thursday.

• Saturday, September 4th 2010 - 04:51 UTC

  International tourists arrivals up 7% in half year; Asia and Middle East lead

  

  The first six months of 2010 saw international tourist arrivals grow by 7% according to the August Interim Update of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. This result confirms the recovery trend beginning in the last quarter of 2009 and is expected to continue in the second half of the year at a somewhat more moderate rate but with Asia and Middle East continuing to lead.