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Montevideo, January 17th 2025 - 06:41 UTC

Tourism

  • Monday, July 20th 2009 - 13:34 UTC

    Number of tourists arriving in Argentina falls for eighth month running

    151.000 tourists spent 184.5 million USD in May

    In May, for the eighth month running the number of foreign tourists visiting Argentina has dropped, mainly because of the global crisis, the A/H1N1 virus flu pandemic and domestic inflation.

  • Monday, July 20th 2009 - 13:24 UTC

    From pumas to penguins in Southern Chile Patagonian safaris

    Punta Arenas is the hub of the new tourism experience

    The Chilean Patagonian steppe is the setting for the development of a series of projects designed to link the region's landscape with its native fauna. Pumas, rheas, guanacos and hares feature among the major attractions in this emerging tourist sector.

  • Monday, July 20th 2009 - 13:11 UTC

    Tourism and fisheries turned successful for South Georgia in 2008

    A slight change in sea-surface temperatures anticipate a poor krill season

    Fisheries and tourism turned 2008 into a successful year for the South Georgia Government according to the address from HE the Commissioner Alan Huckle read out at the South Georgia Association (SGA) AGM. But 2009 could have surprises, he also anticipated.

  • Saturday, July 18th 2009 - 15:06 UTC

    Major celebration for SS Great Britain’s 40th anniversary return to Bristol

    SS Great Britain was towed on a pontoon 8,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean from the Falklands to UK.

    A small army of volunteers will be collecting and sifting through thousands of memories over the next year in the run up to the 40th anniversary celebrations of the SS Great Britain’s return to Bristol from the Falkland Islands.

  • Monday, July 13th 2009 - 12:11 UTC

    Chileans take advantage of cruise ship deals

    Next big cruise liner sale scheduled for August 8

    Chilean tourism agencies are now selling cruise-ship packages at heavily discounted prices to combat the drop in sales brought on by the worldwide economic crisis.
    Two weeks ago Corte Ingles Travel held an overnight sale auction on their cruises, attended by more than 200 people.

  • Monday, July 13th 2009 - 12:03 UTC

    Santiago, Montevideo, among cheapest cities for tourists

    Inflation is threatening the capital of Argentina Buenos Aires, a magnet for tourists.

    Santiago is one of the cheapest cities for foreigners, according to a survey published by finance consultancy Mercer. The Chilean capital is the fourth most economical city in Latinamerica and the 15th cheapest worldwide. The Uruguayan capital Montevideo also figures among the most accessible and liveable cities in the region.

  • Friday, July 10th 2009 - 12:31 UTC

    Cruise passengers ill with Norovirus virus demand refund

    Marco Polo passengers warned they won’t disembark unless they are contemplated

    Passengers on a cruise liner at the centre of a virus outbreak have said they will stay on the ship until they are promised their money back. The Marco Polo has been berthed at Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth in Scotland since Monday after hundreds of passengers and crew became ill with norovirus.

  • Friday, July 10th 2009 - 12:03 UTC

    Arrogant, ill mannered French tourists the worst in the world

    Bonjour and merci absent from French tourists’ lingo

    Already judged to be Europe’s worst tourists last year, the French have now been named as the worst in the world. In a survey of 4.500 international hotel owners, they are criticized for not speaking foreign languages and of being arrogant and tight with their cash.

  • Tuesday, July 7th 2009 - 10:01 UTC

    Possible first death of Norovirus on cruise vessel

    Over 150 of the 800 passengers of Marco Polo have been taken ill.

    A man has died and more than 150 people have taken ill on board a cruise liner berthed in Invergordon, Easter Ross, Scotland. The vomiting bug, norovirus, is thought to have taken hold on the Marco Polo, which is touring the UK and Ireland with about 800 passengers and 350 crew members.

  • Monday, July 6th 2009 - 19:43 UTC

    “Colombian Musicians in New York”

    The Encounter of Colombian Musicians in New York was founded in 2003 by Colombian pianist, composer, and bandleader Pablo Mayor

    A large crowd was drawn to New York's Highline Ballroom for the VI Encuentro of Colombian Musicians. This annual music and dance gathering of Colombian musicians in New York, brought together a marathon of 20 of NYC’s most renowned Colombian bands, celebrating the diverse Colombian genres of cumbia, currulao, vallenato, joropo, bambuco, pasillo, and other diverse rhythms, all originally from Colombia.