Tourism

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' airbridge upgraded with 12 business class seats

  

  The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence has awarded a new Falkland Islands Airbridge Charter contract effective next October 4, reported FIRS on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, August 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Sao Paulo Airport's Main Runway Shut for Repairs

  The main runway at Brazil's biggest international airport was shut today and will remain closed for almost two months while construction crews rebuild the tarmac to improve safety.

• Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  UN Tourism organization plans “carbon-neutral” conference

  

  The United Nations World Tourism Organization has announced that it will try to make all travel, accommodation and activities related to a climate change conference it is staging in early October “carbon neutral” to set an example about the benefits of offsetting greenhouse gas emissions.

• Tuesday, August 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean Tourism Office resumes promotion in Europe and US

  

  Following three years of silence Chile is launching a final consumer media campaign to attract more tourists from Germany, United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom, revealed Oscar Santelices head of the Chilean Tourist Office, Sernatur.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina received 17.4% more tourists in half year

  The number of foreign tourists arriving in Argentina during the first half of 2007 increased 17.4% reaching 1.037.226, reported the Argentine Tourism Secretariat.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile concerned with the fall in tourists from US and Europe

  The number of foreign tourists arriving in Chile during the first half of 2007 increased 11.7% reaching 1.316.936, according to a release from the country's National Tourism Service, Sernatur. In money terms this is equivalent to 818 million US dollars, up 6%.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Panama becomes homeport for Royal Caribbean cruises

  

  Panama and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. agreed this week to make Panama the starting point for some of its tour operations in a bid to boost the cruise operator's presence in the region and to attract more tourists to the Central American country.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil flatly rejects foreign assistance to organize air space

  

  The president of Brazil's airports agency Infiero Jose Carlos Pereira rejected point blank Monday suggestions that Brazil should accept international help to overcome the air space situation.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Air chaos in Brazil: over half of flights delayed or cancelled

  

  Chaos in Brazilian civil aviation peaked Monday with 38% of flights delayed and another 20% cancelled, reported Infraero the agency which manages the country's airports.

• Monday, July 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Peru celebrates “Pisco Day” and revives origin dispute

  

  Peru celebrated Sunday “Pisco Day” promising to improve the quality of the grape distilled alcohol, but above all defend its domestic origin form neighboring Chile, which also claims such a title. The dispute has reached the World Organization of Intellectual Property.