Tourism

• Saturday, February 13th 2010 - 07:57 UTC

  Rio’s Carnival takes off: “I order everyone to have fun”

  

  Rio do Janeiro's four-day Carnival officially kicks off Saturday with a long list of celebrities in town to watch the main event, which this year is dominated by a row over a seven-year-old girl joining the ranks of the sexy adult samba queens.

• Saturday, February 13th 2010 - 07:37 UTC

  Thirteen cruise vessels visit South Georgia during January

  

  Thirteen cruise ships visited this month South Georgia, according to the SG Newsletter. This included a vessel new to SG, the 112 passenger “Plancius”. However one vessel, l “Clelia II” had to cancel her visit after striking rocks with her propeller at Petermann Island in the Antarctic Peninsula.

• Monday, February 8th 2010 - 05:02 UTC

  New Carrasco terminal among the “most beautiful airports in the world”

  

  The new Uruguayan air terminal in Carrasco, inaugurated last November, has been included among fifteen of “the most beautiful airports in the world” according to the January edition of travel magazine “Travel+Leisure”.

• Monday, February 1st 2010 - 08:38 UTC

  Punta del Este, “invaded” by 12.000 visitors from four cruises on a single day

  

  Punta del Este, Uruguay’s main sea resort on the Atlantic coast received last week on a single day an estimated 12.000 visitors from cruise vessels, challenging transport resources but with singular success given the excellent weather conditions and food and leisure facilities in the city.

• Friday, January 29th 2010 - 22:54 UTC

  Around the world of music in one night, where the Latinos took front stage!

  

  GlobalFEST, an annual world music festival held every January in New York City is a smashing night of musical discovery where artists from all over the world springboard themselves into the world music scene in New York.

• Thursday, January 28th 2010 - 23:52 UTC

  Tourism Law Aims To Professionalize Chile’s Industry

  

  A new tourism law passed by the Chilean Congress earlier this month is set to change the face of Chile’s tourist industry by setting standards for operators and guides.

• Thursday, January 28th 2010 - 13:59 UTC

  Air passengers traffic in 2009 experienced biggest decline in post-war era

  

  The year 2009 saw the biggest decline in air passenger traffic in the post-war era, according to the International Air Transport Association IATA. Passenger demand for the full year was down 3.5% with an average load factor of 75.6%. Freight showed a full-year decline of 10.1% with an average load factor of 49.1%.

• Thursday, January 28th 2010 - 13:32 UTC

  Six months facelift for Rio’s iconic Christ Redeemer statue

  

  The statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the seven new wonders of the world which receives annually 1.8 million visitors annually starting this week will undergo a facelift, according to Brazilian Catholic church sources.

• Thursday, January 28th 2010 - 05:32 UTC

  Air Seychelles begins operating Brize Norton-Falklands Air Bridge

  

  Seychelles President James Michel has welcomed the announcement by Air Seychelles that it has begun operations to the Falkland Islands as part of a contract with the UK Ministry of Defense.

• Thursday, January 28th 2010 - 05:12 UTC

  Falklands receives Queen’s baton rally 2010 Delhi in mid February

  

  On Monday 15th February, the Queen’s Baton 2010 Delhi will arrive in the Falkland Islands from Ascension Island. The baton is currently in Botswana and will arrive via Tristan da Cuhna and St Helena the 29th of its 71 Commonwealth destinations.