Tourism

• Wednesday, January 22nd 2020 - 07:38 UTC

  Argentina needs dollars and will strongly promote tourism; 625.000 cruise visitors expected this season

  

  Argentina is considering the updating and redesign of port infrastructure in Buenos Aires to help improve docking facilities for cruise vessels. The announcement was done by Transport minister Mario Meoni given the growing number of tourists arriving at the Argentine capital.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:11 UTC

  Venetians in rowing boats protest against giant cruise ships “making waves”

  

  Hundreds of people in small rowing boats protested in front of Venice's St Mark's Square over the weekend to denounce what they say is a proliferation of motor boats that have crowded the waters of the lagoon city.

• Monday, January 20th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Falkland Islands Special for the popular “Walks around Britain series”

  

  Adventurer and mountaineer Alan Hinkes is tackling one of his most tricky challenges to date: persuading people that the South Atlantic Falkland Islands are a must-see holiday destination.

• Friday, January 17th 2020 - 10:23 UTC

  Tourists accused of damaging Machu Picchu deported to Bolivia and barred from Peru for 15 years

  

  Five tourists accused of damaging Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site were deported to Bolivia on Thursday and barred from returning to the country for 15 years, police and immigration officials said.

• Thursday, January 16th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Tourists arrested for damaging Machu Picchu deported to Bolivia

  

  Five tourists arrested for damaging Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site will be deported to Bolivia on Wednesday, police said. A sixth was released from custody and ordered to remain in Machu Picchu pending trial after paying bail of US$910.

• Wednesday, January 15th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Ticket purchase in Argentina for flights to the Falklands will not be subject to the 30% tax

  

  The purchase of tickets in Argentina to the Falklands, South Georgia and South Sandwich islands will not the subject to the 30% tax recently approved by the Argentine Congress and extensive to all overseas travel. The decree with the details is expected to be published in the Official Gazette later this week, according to the Argentine federal tax revenue office, AFIP.

• Tuesday, January 14th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Six Tourists arrested in Peru for damaging the Machu Picchu cultural heritage

  

  Six tourists, including a French woman, have been arrested over accusations that they damaged Peru's cultural heritage by defecating in a sacred temple at the iconic Machu Picchu sanctuary.

• Tuesday, January 14th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Venice, from severe flooding to almost dry canals in two months

  

  Low tides have left canals in Venice almost dry, just two months after severe flooding left much of the Italian city under water. Boats have been seen almost beached as water levels dip drastically.

• Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Argentina pledges to review the 30% “tourism tax” situation in 180 days

  

  Argentina’s Tourism Minister has committed to reviewing a 30% “tourism tax” applied when travelers from the country pay for goods and services abroad in U.S. dollars, Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez told local news portal Infobae.

• Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Cruise vessels have top docking priority in Ushuaia; complaints from cargo operators

  

  Maritime and port operators in Ushuaia, extreme south of Argentina are disappointed because they have been relegated which means delays and additional costs, since cruise vessels have top docking priority, and this has been quite a successful season with many visitors' landings.