Tourism

• Tuesday, January 28th 2025 - 09:39 UTC

  Brazil launches Sustainability Pact for ports and airports

  

  Brazil's Federal Ministry of Ports and Airports launched an unprecedented sustainability policy for these facilities as well as for waterways in a move to encourage sustainable practices, promote transparency, and strengthen social inclusion.

• Saturday, January 25th 2025 - 10:36 UTC

  Foreign travelers contribute significantly to Brazil's economy in 2024

  

  Foreign travelers brought in US$7.341 billion in revenue to Brazil last year, the South American country's Central Bank (BCB) announced on Friday, citing a report from the Ministry of Tourism. These figures represented the best results in 15 years, and an increase of 6.28% compared to the US$6.907 billion in 2023.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2025 - 21:45 UTC

  Italian teenager toys with Mediterranean merchant ship traffic just for fun

  

  A 15-year-old lad from Cesena, Italy, toyed with merchant ship routes in the Mediterranean after accessing the navigation systems just for fun. Although no material damage was reported, a criminal case has been opened against the teenager, whose parents claimed to be unaware of those activities.

• Wednesday, January 15th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

  Paraguayans flock to yellow fever vaccination centers

  

  Paraguayan health authorities reported an increase in the demand for the yellow fever vaccine from people willing to travel to Brazil for the summer season.

• Wednesday, January 15th 2025 - 09:48 UTC

  Busy cruise season for Ushuaia, 14 vessels in a week

  

  A busy week for Ushuaia, extreme south of Argentina with some fourteen cruise vessels, mostly heading for Antarctica calling at the capital of Tierra del Fuego province, and involving 4,500 passengers.

• Tuesday, January 14th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

  Former Bariloche official shot in Rio dies

  

  A 51-year-old Argentine traveler who was mugged and shot in the head in a Rio de Janeiro favela on Dec. 12, 2024, after mistakenly following GPS directions, died Monday after nearly a month in the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Gastón Burlón was a former Tourism Secretary in the Patagonian skiing resort of Bariloche until 2023.

• Monday, January 13th 2025 - 06:00 UTC

  Boliviana de Aviación riddled with complaints for delays and cancellations

  

  Bolivian flag carrier Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) faces substantial fines worth up to 1,472,416 bolivianos (US$ 211,864) for its 2024 noncompliances while five incidents have already been recorded this year for constant delays, flight cancellations, and poor handling of passenger complaints, Bolivia's Telecommunications and Transport Regulation and Supervision Authority (ATT) explained.

• Monday, January 13th 2025 - 05:58 UTC

  Britten-Norman Islanders to be adapted to hydrogen electric propulsion by German company

  

  Britten-Norman Islanders to be converted to zero-emissions hydrogen electric propulsion systems by a German company that is focused on carbon neutral regional aviation. According to AOL air industry reports, Evia Aero, has signed a letter of intent with the UK-based aircraft manufacturer, for the purchase of 15 Islander aircraft.

• Friday, January 10th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

  Uruguay advises against traveling to Venezuela

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Ministry issued a statement this week advising against traveling to Venezuela, where “arbitrary detentions and kidnappings” by authorities and paramilitary groups are known to have been occurring. There is even a Uruguayan national among those missing, Montevideo insisted.

• Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 14:54 UTC

  Budget carrier user creates website to keep track of non-compliances

  

  Tired of endless reschedulings and cancellations, an Argentine low-cost airline Flybondi user developed a website to track these seemingly endless incidents so prospective customers can see firsthand what they sign up for when buying these really affordable tickets.