Tourism

• Thursday, November 17th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  High demand makes Iberia increase Madrid-Montevideo frequency sooner than planned

  

  Spanish airline Iberia announced this week that it will be increasing its services from Madrid to Montevideo effective Jan. 1, 2023, due to the high ticket demand that had led company directors to speed up a plan that was originally scheduled for June.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  LATAM pilots' strike avoided at last minute; airline activity rapidly picking up

  

  Minutes before deadline officials from the Chilean/Brazilian carrier Latam and the Pilots Union reached over the weekend an agreement which deactivated what seemed an unavoidable strike. The reason for the strike dates back to 2020, when Latam fired 240 pilots and cut the remaining professionals salaries by 30%.

• Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:28 UTC

  Very promising cruise season in Ushuaia: Ten vessels calls this week

  

  Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego province, extreme south of Argentina is reporting a very encouraging cruise season and anticipated this week a peak of calls in expected. In effect some ten cruise vessels will be calling at Ushuaia, and local businesses are preparing for the significant event.

• Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Foreign travelers flock to Argentina

  

  Argentina welcomed 410,000 foreign travelers in October, 76% more than in 2019, the last “normal” year before the COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing restrictions, the Tourism Ministry reported Wednesday.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 08:51 UTC

  Commercial flights resumed between Caracas and Bogota

  

  A Turpial Boeing 737-400 from Caracas landed in Bogota's Eldorado International airport late Monday, thus marking the resumption of air connectivity between Venezuela and Colombia following the return to full diplomatic ties.

• Monday, November 7th 2022 - 10:35 UTC

  Foreign Office' Travel Advice on the Falklands: US$ 200,000 medical insurance

  

  The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office updated last week its travel advice on the Falkland Islands, underlining that all visitors must have comprehensive travel and medical insurance, including at least US$ 200,000 for medical evacuation.

• Friday, November 4th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  Cruise industry rapidly picking up in Latin America, sales at pre pandemic level

  

  Cruise tourism in Latin America is rapidly recovering and in some cases demand is again at pre pandemic level, according to Alberto Muñoz, Royal Caribbean vice-president for the region.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Falklands extends Travel Credit Scheme to include domestic tourism accommodation

  

  This week the Falkland Islands Executive Council (ExCo) approved the extension of the Travel Credits Scheme to include domestic tourism accommodation.

• Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Foreign tourists near spending in Brazil to 2016 figures

  

  Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) Monday confirmed foreign travelers had spent US$416 million in the country during September of 2022, the highest figure for the month since September of 2016, the year of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, which recorded US$ 446 million in revenues.

• Friday, October 21st 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Brazil/Falklands commercial air link needs “more time for restart”

  

  While the Falkland Islands Brazil commercial airlink is not yet resuming, Director of the Department of Development and Commercial Services (DCS), Becky Clark has confirmed this isn’t a complete cancellation of the LATAM flight.