Tourism

• 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.

• Saturday, January 11th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Trump sharply reduces flights to Cuba “to impede the regime gaining access to hard currency”

  

  The United States on Friday sharply reduced flights allowed to go to Cuba in a bid to reduce revenue to the communist island. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that charter flights would only be allowed to fly to Havana, not other airports - a step already taken with commercial flights.

• Saturday, January 4th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  The world's safest and most punctual airlines are in the Asia-Pacific region.

  

  Qantas Airways was named the safest airline in the world on a Top 20 list published by AirlineRatings.com, followed by Air New Zealand and Taiwan's Eva Airways. Singapore Airlines was sixth, Cathay Pacific Airways ninth and Virgin Australia Holdings 10th.