Tourism

• Sunday, October 19th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay will invest 53 m USD in Montevideo port

  

  Uruguay will upgrade the Port of Montevideo facilities to enhance the port's efficiency and reduce maritime and river transportation costs with support from a 40 million US dollars loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.

• Saturday, October 18th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Tourism industry starting to suffer global crisis says UN

  

  Global tourism is already feeling the effects of the financial crisis, slowing down over the northern summer this year, the United Nations tourism agency reports, warning that the industry could suffer a sharper downturn in the months ahead.

• Wednesday, October 15th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Magallanes has six of Chile's least populated locations

  Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile has some of the least populated towns and villages of the country according to the latest census.

• Tuesday, October 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  South Georgia another record year of cruise visits

  

  South Georgia following on from last year's record will once again experience an increase in the number of cruise ship visits to the Island.

• Thursday, October 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil's TAM joins largest global aviation alliance

  Brazil's TAM announced this week its entry into the Star Alliance, the largest global alliance in commercial aviation, currently made up of 21 of the world's largest airlines and three regional companies that jointly operate more than 18,100 flights daily.

• Thursday, October 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile invests in ports facilities for new cruise season

  

  The cruise ship business this coming 2008/2009 season is expected to contribute roughly 45 million US dollars to Chile's economy, according to the Southern Cone Ports Corporation.

• Thursday, October 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile plans to improve air link with Tierra del Fuego

  

  Puerto Williams in Chilean Tierra del Fuego will have its airstrip expanded and facilities improved to allow commercial flights thus helping to increase opportunities for the regional tourism industry.

• Sunday, October 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Flyglobespan to lease planes in low season to Chile

  

  Flyglobespan, the Scottish low-cost airline which has a contract for the Falkland Islands Brize Norton air bridge, has clinched deals to lease up to four of its aircraft to LAN Chilean Airways over the winter months, according to a report from the Sunday Times.

• Sunday, September 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean vessel completes first Arctic cruise season

  

  The Chilean cruise vessel “Antarctic Dream” is expected back in Punta Arenas next October 12 after having completed her first northern hemisphere summer season sailing in the Arctic.

• Wednesday, September 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Punta Arenas cruise and port services VAT controversy

  

  Chile's Free Competition tribunal ruled that legislation allowing the reimbursement of VAT (value added tax) only to foreign cruise companies was discriminatory for the domestic cruise industry.