Tourism

• Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 20:44 UTC

  Mudslides isolate Rio’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue

  

  Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro's towering Christ the Redeemer statue and one of the city’s most iconic tourist attraction has been closed to the public after landslides that hit the city killing some 250 people and leaving thousands homeless.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 10:32 UTC

  LAN Airlines Will Start Flights To Paris In September

  

  On September 2, the company will inaugurate three weekly flights destined for Paris, with a layover in Madrid. The airline already makes seven flights per week with a final destination in Frankfurt.

• Monday, April 12th 2010 - 15:16 UTC

  Falkland Islands Tourist Board Launches Accommodation Guide

  

  The Falkland Islands Tourist Board this week launched a comprehensive new accommodation guide, as part of an ongoing strategy to develop and grow the land-based sector of the Falkland Islands tourism industry.

• Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 18:23 UTC

  Falklands tourism ready for brighter future after challenging year.

  

  WITH the global tourism outlook improving, overall tourist arrivals in the Falklands are forecast to increase by 17% in 2010.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 02:50 UTC

  Heavy fuel ban expected to halve Antarctic cruise-only passengers by 2012

  

  Beginning in August 2011, most large cruise ships will no longer be able to sail in Antarctica. The International Maritime Organization last week adopted a ban on using and carrying heavy fuel oil on ships operating in Antarctic waters.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 00:59 UTC

  Uruguay received 2.9 million overseas tourists last year

  

  A total 2.9 million tourists arrived in Uruguay during 2009, spending an estimated 1.3 billion US dollars, according to the latest figures announced by Tourism Minister Hector Lescano.

• Thursday, April 1st 2010 - 06:01 UTC

  Machu Picchu set to reopen to tourists

  

  Peru's most treasured archaeological site, Machu Picchu, is due to be formally re-opened after it was closed for two months.

• Thursday, April 1st 2010 - 05:46 UTC

  Around 50 percent of foreigners’ hotel reservations cancelled in Chile

  

  The historic February 27th earthquake left more than 90 percent of Chile’s hotels and tourist services without structural damage. The same can’t be said about Chile’s tourism industry. A huge number – perhaps as much as half – of all upcoming reservations made by foreigners have been cancelled.

• Tuesday, March 30th 2010 - 04:17 UTC

  Latest strike by cabin crew cost British Airways £ 5 million a day

  

  British Airways has said that the latest strike by cabin crew has cost them £5.5m-a-day - down from £7m for the first walkout. The airline claims it carried 118,575 passengers in total over Saturday and Sunday compared to 86,262 the last weekend.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 04:33 UTC

  Gibraltar-Madrid air-bridge in doubt after Spanish airline suspends flights

  

  The future of the air bridge between Gibraltar and Madrid was in doubt following Ándalus Líneas Aéreas suspension last week of all flights in the face of unpaid debts running into hundreds of thousands of dollars.