Tourism

• Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  World Tourism chief visits Montevideo and praises Uruguay's focus on the industry with and without the pandemic

  

  The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has concluded his official visit to the Americas with a series of high-level meetings in Uruguay.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 08:08 UTC

  Finnish M/S Viking Grace rescued from the Aland islands shores returns to port

  

  A passenger ferry that ran aground in heavy winds in a Baltic Sea archipelago between Finland and Sweden was dragged off the shore and towed early Sunday to a port, where some of its over 300 passengers disembarked.

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  US top disease center, CDC, advises against cruise travel: risk of Covid-19 is “very high”

  

  The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised against cruise ship travel, as the risk of Covid-19 on liners is very high.

• Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Brazil planning an 80% resumption of daily flights during December

  

  Brazil’s average daily flights fell from the original 2,500 to about 200 during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown period. In the months with the highest surge of the pandemic, Brazilian airlines reduced their operations by 99%.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Chile set to open borders 23 November but with Health Passport and health insurance

  

  Chile is set to open its borders for the first time in eight months as it marks November 23 as its official tourism reopening date. The Ministry of Health announced last week that Chile would allow tourists to return to the country on November 23, but like other countries that are reopening, Chile is applying a measured approach to kick-starting tourism with new requirements in place for arrivals.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  First Caribbean cruise forced to return because of a Covid-19 outbreak

  

  SeaDream 1, one of the world’s smallest cruise ships, departed Barbados on Nov. 7 with 53 passengers and 66 crew — the first cruise ship to venture back to sea in an industry docked since March by the global coronavirus outbreak.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 08:09 UTC

  Santiago/Punta Arenas/Falklands' airlink will be reviewed next January

  

  The Falkland Islands Government continues to closely monitor the situation regarding the suspension of commercial air links with Chile and Brazil, in light of the ongoing pandemic.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:53 UTC

  UK travel ban, “a nightmare before Christmas”

  

  Britain has introduced a travel ban as part of a four-week lockdown prompted by an alarming jump in the COVID-19 infection rate to one in 100 people. In what has been described as a “Nightmare before Christmas,” UK residents will need to stay at home from November 5 and avoid “all non-essential travel by private and public transport.”

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Machu Picchu, crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites has reopened

  

  The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites, reopened on Sunday with an ancient ritual after a nearly eight-month lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 08:07 UTC

  Cruise industry: CDC drops the “No Sail” in favor of a strict Conditional Sailing Order

  

  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has dropped its controversial “No Sail” order in favor for a so-called Conditional Sailing Order. In short, the “No Sail” order has been lifted and the industry will work with the CDC on a realistic, phased-in return to service.