Tourism

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  “Crystal Endeavor” with sanitary protocols tested, off to Antarctica

  

  Polar class vessel Crystal Endeavor departed from Ushuaia, the southernmost tip of Argentina on her first-ever expedition voyage to Antarctica, after receiving the epidemiological clearance from local sanitary authorities on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 23:29 UTC

  Arrival of first expedition vessels into the Falkland Islands

  

  The Falkland Islands will see the arrival of its first expedition vessel as part of a scaled down summer tourist season on Thursday 25 November 2021. The vessel, Silver Explorer, will call to Bleaker Island and Bull Point for the day and passengers will be permitted to disembark and visit the areas.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 21:21 UTC

  Ponant cruises operating Antarctic expeditions from Ushuaia

  

  French cruise company Ponant, specializing in Antarctic expeditions has two of its vessels in the port of Ushuaia, extreme south of Argentina. L'Austral and Le Boreal twin vessels are 142 meters long with a capacity of 246 passengers and 140 crew.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Aeroflot to serve Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro

  

  Russia's flag carrier Aeroflot has announced a series of new routes as COVID-19 travel restrictions are being lifted internationally.

• Saturday, November 13th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Cruise season starts in Buenos Aires with arrival of first ship

  

  Buenos Aires' cruise season has kicked off with the arrival at the Argentine capital's river port of the US-flagged World Navigator carrying some 100 passengers from Europe, the United States and Canada.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  Antarctica cruise season 2021/22 launched in Ushuaia with National Geographic vessels

  

  Argentine Minister of Tourism Matias Lammens and Tierra del Fuego governor Gustavo Melella officially opened the 2021/22 cruise season this Monday, in Ushuaia, with the arrival of “National Geographic Endurance”, which tomorrow leaves for Antarctica.

• Monday, November 8th 2021 - 20:54 UTC

  Tourists welcome again in US after 20 months

  

  The Government of the United States Monday reopened the country's land and air borders Monday to foreign visitors who are vaccinated against COVID-19.

• Monday, November 8th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Biggest cruise of the world expected to begin operations next March

  

  The biggest cruise ship in the world, Wonder of the Seas is sailing to Marseille to complete finishing touches before she officially joins Royal Caribbean. The 236.857 gross tons vessel left from the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint Nazaire, where her construction was started two and a half years ago

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 20:08 UTC

  GOL returns to Montevideo after nearly 21 months of domestic-only routes

  

  Brazilian carrier GOL resumed services to Montevideo after almost 21 months when a flight from São Paulo landed at Montevideo's Carrasco International airport Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 19:54 UTC

  Azul after all of LATAM Airlines

  

  The Brazilian airline Azul has confirmed it plans to buy over all of LATAM Airlines' operations, not only the Brazilian branch as reports showed earlier this week. Azul was founded in 2013 by Brazil-born David Neeleman, who also owns low-cost carrier JetBlue.