Tourism

• Monday, November 16th 2009 - 21:06 UTC

  Captain Khlebnikov stranded with 105 passengers in Antarctic ice

  

  The Captain Khlebnikov (*) icebreaker of the Far East Shipping Company (FESCO) has stranded in the Antarctic ice.

• Friday, November 13th 2009 - 00:17 UTC

  Gibraltar at UK & Ireland hall of the World Travel Market

  

  Gibraltar is participating this week at the World Travel Market (WTM) at the ExCel exhibition centre in London. For the first time Gibraltar’s stand will be located in the United Kingdom & Ireland hall of the event.

• Thursday, November 12th 2009 - 07:49 UTC

  South Georgia expects 65 cruise calls this season; “Ushuaia” was the first

  

  South Georgia received the first cruise ship of the season “Ushuaia” October 6th when she arrived at Grytviken. The Panamanian flagged vessel operated by Argentina’s Antarpply Expeditions, based returned on a separate cruise on the 27th.

• Thursday, November 12th 2009 - 07:26 UTC

  Uruguay’s cruise season moves to Punta del Este fuelled by regional demand

  

  Uruguay’s 2009/2010 cruise season is scheduled to begin next November 20th in Montevideo with the arrival of “Minerva” and four days later in Punta del Este with “MSC Musica”.

• Thursday, November 12th 2009 - 05:53 UTC

  First foreign cruise of the season arrives in Punta Arenas; business down 27%

  

  The first international cruise called this week in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, signalling the official beginning of the 2009/10 season which local tourist operators are anticipating is going to suffer a significant fall from the previous.

• Saturday, November 7th 2009 - 16:35 UTC

  Successful online marketing for Falkland Islands tourism

  

  The results of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board’s first online marketing campaign in the UK have been outstanding, according to Jake Downing, General Manager of FITB.

• Saturday, November 7th 2009 - 16:12 UTC

  British Airways reports record loss and faces threat of strikes

  

  British Airways reported a record pre-tax loss Friday of more than 485 million US dollars, another setback for the airline as it faces the threat of strikes over the Christmas period.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 20:40 UTC

  Chilean eco-tourism expands creating conservation zone in Patagonia

  

  Chile’s largest Eco-Tourism firms, Nomads, plans to develop new tour routes after acquiring 22.000 hectares of un-spoiled land in southern Chile. The company hopes to create a conservation zone to protect various protected species living in the area.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 11:15 UTC

  Buenos Aires looking forward to a “very good cruise season”

  

  Buenos Aires City is looking forward to what it considers a “very good cruise season” with the number of visitors increasing 11% and the number of calls 15%, according to Hernán Lombardi Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Argentine capital.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 08:14 UTC

  Aggressive Chilean tourism campaign to attract more Brazilians

  

  Chilean authorities have just launched a new 4 million US dollars advertising campaign to attract more Brazilians to visit Chile. Funded by Tourism Chile and the National Economic Development Agency (CORFO), the promotion aims to increase the number of Brazilian tourists visiting Chile by 30%.