Tourism

• Monday, January 31st 2011 - 01:40 UTC

  Tourists Leaving Egypt as Tourism Hit Hard

  

  The United States and Turkey on Sunday offered to evacuate people wanting to leave Egypt where violent protests have taken place.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 20:51 UTC

  Cruise Costs to Increase Due To Rise in Fuel Costs

  

  British holidaymakers wanting to go on a cruise are going to have to shortly pay more as UK based operators announced they are set to begin charging fuel supplements.

• Friday, January 21st 2011 - 18:58 UTC

  Tourism Forum to Focus on Growth and Development

  

  Senior representatives of the private sector, governments, and United Nations organizations will meet next March in the Principality of Andorra to analyze tourism and its key role in international economic growth and development at the Global Tourism Forum Andorra 2011 (March 6-7, 2011).

• Thursday, January 20th 2011 - 23:52 UTC

  Sixty Percent of Visits Cancelled to Southern Chile

  

  Seven days of protests and demonstrations, widespread international coverage, and dramatic warnings of violence in the Magallanes Region took their toll on the tourism industry in southern Chile’s Punta Arenas.

• Thursday, January 20th 2011 - 16:37 UTC

  LAN Chile To Merge With TAM Soon

  

  The Chilean airline Lan announced that it has agreed with the Brazilian airline TAM the terms for the merge of the two airlines, which will take place in the next six to nine months

• Tuesday, January 18th 2011 - 14:03 UTC

  International tourism 2010: multi-speed recovery

  

  International tourism recovered strongly in 2010 according to the advance release of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Tourism Barometer.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2011 - 07:49 UTC

  U.N. Urges Chile to Halt Evictions of Indigenous Protesters

  

  Following months of protests and sit-ins surrounding ancestral land claims on Chile’s Easter Island, the United Nations has officially called on the Chilean government to help diffuse tensions.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2011 - 01:28 UTC

  Cruise news: A new chapter in Antarctic Expedition Cruising

  

  Over the past decade, consumer interest in Antarctica has increased exponentially, with a number of expedition cruise companies operating two- and three-week voyages to the Antarctic Peninsula, the Falklands Islands and South Georgia.

• Monday, January 17th 2011 - 12:25 UTC

  Estancia Vik, Jose Ignacio, Uruguay: The Art of Doing Nothing

  

  Il dolce far niente, (the art of doing nothing), an old Italian expression, so difficult to define with words, becomes crystal-clear once you set foot in Estancia Vik in Jose Ignacio, Uruguay.

• Monday, January 17th 2011 - 12:16 UTC

  Washington makes access to Cuba easier

  

  New guidelines announced Friday by Obama administration making travel and remittance to Cuba easier for US citizens.