Tourism

• Monday, August 23rd 2010 - 07:14 UTC

  Uruguay: More tourists make Montevideo the main attraction in the first half of 2010

  

  The number of tourists visiting Uruguay during the first half of the year over the same period in 2009, increased 5.5% totalling 1.266.898, while revenue jumped 18.7% in US dollars (878.6 million USD), according to the latest numbers released by the Ministry of Tourism.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 03:34 UTC

  Balmoral to retrace in April 2012 centenary of the Titanic route

  

  Relatives of those who perished on the Titanic will be boarding a cruise to mark the 2012 centenary of the sinking of the vessel. A special ceremony will take place on board the cruise ship Balmoral 100 years on from the exact time the Titanic hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic on the night of April 15 1912.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2010 - 09:17 UTC

  Tourists arriving in Argentina during June increased 29.7% over a year ago

  

  The number of tourists that arrived in Argentina during June increased 29.7% compared to the same month last year, according to a government report.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2010 - 09:09 UTC

  “Miracle” in Colombia: Lightning downs aircraft: one dead, 114 injured

  

  A Boeing 737-700 from Colombian air carrier Aires operating as Flight 8250 from Bogota Eldorado Airport to San Andres Island in the Caribbean split into three pieces on landing after being struck by lightning, according to statements from Colombia’s national police.

• Saturday, August 14th 2010 - 02:47 UTC

  Merger of Chile’s Lan and Brazil’s Tam to become the region’s largest carrier

  

  Two major South American airlines announced on Friday plans to merge and create the biggest carrier in the region. Brazil's largest airline TAM Linhas Aereas will be teaming up with Chile's LAN.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 03:16 UTC

  Cruise company cautions ports must prepare for ships with over 5.400 passengers

  

  Royal Caribbean announced that during the coming tourist season several of its ships will make 27 stops between Montevideo and Punta del Este in Uruguay. The announcement was made by Michael Ronan, Royal Caribbean's Vice President of Government Relations, Caribbean, Latin America & Asia, in a meeting with different Uruguayan authorities held in Montevideo.

• Thursday, August 12th 2010 - 18:00 UTC

  Spain top of the list for European pensioners seeking to relocate

  

  Sun, sea and sangria come top of the list for European pensioners seeking to relocate for retirement, a new survey showed this week. The survey by employee management consulting firm Aon Corporation found that one in four Europeans wishing to retire abroad would like to move to Spain, followed by France, Italy and the United States.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 03:22 UTC

  Punta Arenas on the move to recover cruise industry lost activity

  

  The business community in Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile has begun to campaign to ensure the cruise industry does not abandon the city and is asking authorities for a radical change in the costs policy, which seems one of the main causes for the current situation.

• Sunday, August 8th 2010 - 07:23 UTC

  Punta Arenas anticipates drastic 33% fall in cruise visitors this season

  

  Less than a month for the beginning of the official cruise season 2010/11, prospects for Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile are not at all encouraging with an anticipated activity contraction of 33% over last year, according to the Empresa Portuaria Austral, EPA, which manages local port activities.

• Wednesday, August 4th 2010 - 06:55 UTC

  North of Chile, land of telescopes, preparing to promote “astronomy tourism”

  

  With the installation of the world's biggest telescope planned in northern Chile many communities there are hoping the tourism industry will benefit from the world of astronomy.