Tourism

• Friday, April 29th 2022 - 22:26 UTC

  Buenos Aires' Aeroparque opens up to Colombian routes

  

  Argentina's National Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC) announced earlier this week that it was allowing flights to and from Colombia could operate at Buenos Aires' metropolitan Aeroparque Jorge Newbery airport (AEP / SABE).

• Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Ushuaia expects 250,000 visitors in 2022/23 cruise season

  

  Next cruise season, 2022/23, the port of Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego province is expecting 535 calls and the arrival of some 250,000 visitors, according to estimates by Argentine officials attending the Seatrade Global Cruise, the largest fair of its kind which takes place annually in Miami.

• Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Russia suspended from the World Tourism Organization

  

  The Russian Federation was suspended on Wednesday from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), losing with immediate effect its rights and privileges as part of the United Nations specialized agency.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 20:19 UTC

  Improving numbers in tourism still below Cuban gov't's projections

  

  Cuban tourism authorities have confirmed 128,159 foreign travelers had visited the country for leisure purposes during March of 2022, which represented 58.7% of the Government's projections.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 20:00 UTC

  Paraguay to celebrate Labor Day on May 2 to boost tourism

  

  Paraguayan authorities have decided the May 1 Labor Day holiday will be celebrated Monday, May 2, in a move to boost tourism as the activity strives to bounce back from two years of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, President Mario Abdo Benítez announced Tuesday.

• Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Uruguayan tourism full steam ahead during Easter Week

  

  Some 114,000 have crossed from Uruguay over to Argentina for Tourism Week, a lay holiday version of Easter Week between April 11 and 17. According to local media, 95,000 of them were Uruguayan nationals, followed by 11,000 Argentines and 2,000 Brazilian citizens.

• Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 08:32 UTC

  Further boat crossings between Argentina and Paraguay to resume Monday

  

  After more than two years during which they were stopped amid the numerous sanitary restrictions to fight the spread of COVID-19, boat crossings between Paraguay and Argentina are scheduled to resume Monday at various points.

• Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 08:26 UTC

  Canadian appointed South Georgia new Visitor Management Officer

  

  After a thorough recruitment and selection process, and in anticipation of the coming tourist season, the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands have announced the appointment of Allison Kean as the new Visitor Management Officer.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  The majestic Norwegian tall ship marked the end of Ushuaia's cruise season

  

  With the departure on Monday of the Norwegian flagged three-mast tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl, Ushuaia, extreme south of Argentina, considered the “successful” 2021/22 cruise season over. According to local port authorities from the province of Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia received more than 200 calls and some 60,000 visitors, since the arrival last 7 November of NatGeo Endurance, and was the only Latin American port that did not interrupt its summer activities.

• Monday, April 11th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Uruguayans wait for hours to drive through to Argentina for Tourism Week

  

  Scores of Uruguayan travelers flocked the land crossings into Argentina as they waited to reach their destination for the entire week, probably to capitalize on a favorable currency exchange rate.