Tourism

Thursday, January 17th 2019 - 09:53 UTC
Brazil plans to eliminate visitor visas for US citizens to promote tourism

Brazil plans to eliminate visitor visas for Americans, the country's tourism minister said on Wednesday, as President Jair Bolsonaro seeks to turn around the lagging tourism sector and engineer cosier relations with the United States.
Wednesday, January 16th 2019 - 09:35 UTC
Cruise vessels allowed to operate along the Chilean coast smaller ports

Chilean cruise operators and travel agencies have praised a bill approved by Congress, the Coastal traffic law, which allows cruise vessels with a 400 passenger capacity or more, and even smaller if there are no Chilean similar vessels, to sail along the country's ports.
Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 07:17 UTC
Busy weekend for Ushuaia: seven cruise vessels and 12.000 visitors

Busy weekend for Ushuaia with seven cruise vessels and some 12.000 visitors, including passengers and crew members. According to port authorities, the vessels calling were the Celebrity Eclipse, Star Princess, Norwegian plus Le Boreal, Ortelius and Island Sky.
Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 06:53 UTC
Falklands in The New York Times list of Places to Visit

On 9 January, The New York Times published a multimedia report with a list of 52 Places to visit in the world. In position 23 figures the Falkland Islands with the following description, emphasizing, “five kinds of penguins easier to reach”. The report is credited to Nell McShane Wulfhart.
Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 06:25 UTC
Falkland Islands strengthens its air service with new aircraft and avionics

The Falkland Islands government air service, FIGAS, has incorporated on lease a Britten-Norman Islander aircraft for the inter-islands air service during the current summer season. Likewise another new aircraft has been ordered, scheduled to be delivered next July, as well as four new engines for the FIGAS fleet of Briten-Norman Islanders.
Wednesday, January 9th 2019 - 08:09 UTC
Ocean Cruises orders two new Allura class ships: €575 million per ship

Oceania Cruises has announced an order for two new ships from Fincantieri. The ships will be delivered in 2022 and 2025. The two 67,000 gross ton Allura-Class ships will each accommodate approximately 1,200 guests.
Wednesday, January 9th 2019 - 08:07 UTC
London City airport with record of annual passengers last year

London City has published its official passenger figures for 2018, showing the number of travellers passing through the airport last year totalled a record-breaking 4,800,190.
Wednesday, January 9th 2019 - 07:00 UTC
Volatile cruise market: regular lines with rebates of up to 19%, but premiums can be 60% higher

Good news: prices for many cruises in January 2019 are significantly lower than they were a year ago. However, there are major differences by cruise line. While the analysis found that the average cruise price per day actually increased by around 3% – from US$ 397 to US$ 407 per person per night – it also showed substantial price discounts for certain cruise lines.
Tuesday, January 8th 2019 - 08:20 UTC
MSC Cruises celebrates the float out of “Grandiosa”; she will be delivered next October

MSC Cruises has celebrated the float out of MSC Grandiosa at the shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France where the ship is being built. She has now been moved to a wet dock, where work on the ship will continue until her delivery in October 2019.
Tuesday, January 8th 2019 - 07:32 UTC
Ryanair, UK's least liked short-haul airline for sixth year running

Ryanair has won the dubious honor of the UK's least-liked short-haul airline for the sixth year running. The results from a Which survey of airline passengers ranked Ryanair at the bottom of 19 carriers flying from the UK. A Ryanair spokesperson said the airline's success was not reflected in the survey.