Tourism

• Tuesday, September 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  European Union threat to pints and miles lifted

  

  Decades of wrangling between London and Brussels over switching to metric will come to an end with an announcement that imperial measures can carry on indefinitely.

• Tuesday, September 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina targeting 7 million foreign tourists in 2016

  

  Three million and a half foreign tourists will be visiting Argentina by the end of 2007 totaling 3.2 billion US dollars, according to the country's Tourism Under Secretary Daniel Aguilera.

• Sunday, September 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  QE2 returns to Mediterranean cruise after mechanical fault

  

  The QE2 set sail again on Saturday after breaking down off Croatia during a Mediterranean cruise. The liner's 1,750 passengers were delayed 24 hours after she suffered a mechanical fault in the Croatian port of Dubrovnik on Friday.

• Sunday, September 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Sound: A crossing with a difference...

  

  AN RAF Tornado pilot from Mount Pleasant has become the first person to kite surf across Falkland Sound. Flight Lieutenant Duncan 'Deano' Dean is a kite surf expert, a relatively new sport where the surfer can reach speeds of up to 30 miles per hour and leap as high as 30 feet in the air in strong gusts.

• Sunday, September 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Holland closer to Euro 2008 qualification.

  

  Holland maintained their excellent record of never having lost a European Championship qualifying game at home, beating Bulgaria 2-0 at the Amsterdam Arena, and edging closer to ensuring a place at next year's finals which will be played in Austria/Switzerland.

• Saturday, September 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Mummified Inca maiden exhibit attracts hundreds

  

  Hundreds flocked this week to a museum in the north of Argentina to admire a well-preserved mummy of an Inca maiden that is on display for the first time and who five hundred years ago was sacrificed and froze to death in the Andes.

• Thursday, September 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Ezeiza chosen as best airport in the region; Santiago second

  

  Argentina's Ezeiza International airport has been chosen as the best airport in the region according to the Skytrax 2007 opinion poll which interviewed over 12 million passengers, according to the Airports Council International, Latin America and Caribbean.

• Wednesday, September 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  The Falkland's Tourist Board appoints General Manager

  

  The Falkland Islands Tourist Board (FITB) has appointed Jake Downing to the post of General Manager, effective from the 5th November 2007.

• Wednesday, September 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Central American airline picks Montevideo as regional hub

  

  Central American airline TACA announced this week the expansion of operations with two new routes linking Peru and Uruguay and San Salvador with the California city of Oakland. The flights will be officially inaugurated next October and November.

• Monday, September 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Piet Velthuizen – Future Dutch international goal-keeper?

  

  After three rounds of the Eredivisie Championship in Holland it is something of a major surprise to most football followers, to see the name of Vitesse Arnhem sitting in second place, only edged out of top spot by Feyenoord's superior goal difference. Both team's have 9 points from 3 victories.