Tourism

• 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.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  “Le Commandant Charcot” reopens Antarctic cruise season from Punta Arenas

  

  On Sunday Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile saw the departure of the first cruise vessel to Antarctica under strict sanitary and safety conditions. The first Antarctic cruise since the start of the pandemic was implemented by what local authorities denominate the sanitary “green bubble”.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguay reopens borders to fully immunized foreigners

  

  Around 3,000 foreign tourists arrived in Uruguay before sunset Monday after borders were fully reopened to vaccinated travellers following nearly two years of closure to fight COVID-19.

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Ushuaia announces four calls from Norwegian Star beginning January

  

  The Ushuaia port authorities have announced that the Norwegian Star will be calling four times in the capital of the extreme south Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego this 2021/22 cruise season.

• Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Costa Cruises cancels its 2021/22 season in Uruguay and Argentina

  

  As happened with MSC Cruises, Costa Cruises announced on Friday the cancellation of its 2021/2022 cruise season in Uruguay and Argentina. Last-minute differences with Brazilian officials forced the Italian cruise company which belongs to the Carnival Group, to redraft the itinerary of Costa Fascinosa that was expected in Uruguay and Argentina.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Argentine Central Bank wants tourists to exchange money through formal channels

  

  As borders are about to reopen and tourists are expected to pour in, Argentine authorities have devised a mechanism whereby foreigners may exchange currency (US dollars) at a rate closer to the unofficial (“blue”) one.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 21:59 UTC

  Seven LatAm countries to be removed from UK's travel red list

  

  The United Kingdom's Departments for Transport and of Health and Social Care Thursday issued a joint press release announcing that the seven countries still on the travel red list, all of them from Latin America, would be removed from it shortly.