Tourism

• Wednesday, July 1st 2009 - 08:38 UTC

  Gibraltar expects record 248 cruise calls and 380.000 visitors this year

  

  The great success of Gibraltar’s cruise industry with record 248 calls scheduled for this year with an estimated 380.000 passengers was underlined by Minister for Development Joe Holliday in his intervention before the local Parliament during the Budget Debate for 2009.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2009 - 15:10 UTC

  Improvements in Falklands’ public jetty in advance of cruise season

  

  In anticipation of the next cruise season the Falkland Islands Tourist Board is overseeing several infrastructure projects at the Stanley public jetty which should improve conditions making “visitor safety and comfort first”.

• Monday, June 29th 2009 - 10:46 UTC

  Punta Arenas expects 30% drop in cruise 2009/2010 activity

  

  The Maritime Chamber from Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile estimates that the number of visitors for the coming 2009/2010 cruise season could drop up to 30% which is equivalent to 29.000 people less.

• Saturday, June 27th 2009 - 16:34 UTC

  Sustainable Tourism Projected For Chile’s Easter Islands

  

  The impact of heavy tourist traffic on Easter Island - 3,500 kilometers from the Chilean coastline – prompted the EuroChile Business Foundation to introduce a new sustainability program aimed at alleviating the growing pressure on the island’s fragile ecosystem, while at the same time benefiting the local community and businesses.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2009 - 08:00 UTC

  South African airways adds flights to Buenos Aires

  

  South African Airways (SAA) has added capacity to its African network in keeping with its African strategy, while strengthening its network with additional flights from Perth, Western Australia and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Thursday, June 18th 2009 - 08:58 UTC

  Foreign tourism in Argentina slips 6% during April

  

  Tourists arriving in Argentina through the country’s main international airport, Ezeiza dropped 6% last April compared to the same month a year ago according to the Statistics and Census office, INDEC.

• Thursday, June 18th 2009 - 08:53 UTC

  Caribbean cruise interrupted because of A/H1N1 influenza

  

  A Spanish cruise ship has been turned away from two Caribbean ports following an outbreak of the A/H1N1 influenza on board. Pullmantur said “Ocean Dream” was refused permission to dock in Grenada and Barbados on Wednesday, with several confirmed cases amongst the crew of the virus.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2009 - 07:06 UTC

  Falklands’ iconic Cathedral trees face the chop

  

  Three large Cupressus macrocarpa trees have become a growing cause for concern for the members of the Council of Christ Church Cathedral in Stanley, Falkland Islands and are now set to be chopped down.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2009 - 13:02 UTC

  Falkland Islands: New look site for holiday company

  

  HOLIDAYING in the Falklands for both local and overseas clients has been made an even more tempting prospect, courtesy of the stunning photography and imaginative ideas on the brand new website launched by Falkland Islands Holidays.

• Friday, June 12th 2009 - 18:08 UTC

  Lack of snow postpones beginning of Chile’s ski season

  

  Ski addicts will have to wait a little longer this year before they can begin gliding down Chilean slopes. Although ski resorts were set to open this week, the lack of precipitation - and consequently of snow – has forced ski resorts to postpone their openings until at least the end of June.