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Montevideo, May 9th 2026 - 09:40 UTC

Tourism

  • Saturday, April 30th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

    Uruguay confirms promising cruise season ahead

    “It is practically impossible for a cruise ship from Europe to come only to Montevideo and not visit Buenos Aires,” Monzeglio explained

    Uruguayan tourism authorities have confirmed 143 calls in Montevideo and 40 in Punta del Este for the upcoming cruise season after meetings between a delegation led by Undersecretary Remo Monzeglio with representatives of the cruise industry and authorities of the Port of Buenos Aires, it was reported Friday.

  • Friday, April 29th 2022 - 22:26 UTC

    Buenos Aires' Aeroparque opens up to Colombian routes

    Up until 2010, only an air shuttle to Montevideo was available from the Argentine capital's metropolitan air terminal.

    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

    Argentine federal and provincial officials are attending the Miami Seatrade Global Cruise fair

    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 Assembly voted in favor of suspension, far exceeding the two-third majority required. The decision is effective immediately

    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

    Cuba is going through a shortage of supplies, particularly food

    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

    President Abdo explained the change would generate a substantial income for the travel and hotel industries

    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

    The country is also preparing its upcoming presentation at the Seatrade Cruise Global 2022 in Miami, Viera explained

    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

    Most services will have the same schedules as they did before the pandemic

    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

    Allison Kean most recently was overseeing logistics and sustainability for a Polar Expedition operator.

    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.