Tourism
TourismSantiago airport capacity 40% expansion will handle 14 million annually
Santiago de Chile’s airport is about to be expanded to accommodate millions of more travellers. The crowds of people in the airport have been steadily growing, adding hours of travel time to passengers arriving to and leaving from Chile.
Cruise industry blasts latest IMO environmental rules
One of the cruise industry's top executives this week openly criticized new environmental rules that he says will have a profound impact on cruise lines.
EasyJet announced Liverpool/Gibraltar three times weekly service
EasyJet, one of UK's largest airlines and which also claims to give best value, launched Thursday a brand new route to Gibraltar from Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
Brazil’s air transport infrastructure is a “growing disaster”, says IATA
The chief of the International Air Transport Association or IATA sharply criticized the poor condition of Brazil airports, saying that the situation could put the country in a very bad light during the World Cup and the Olympic Games if the government does not improve capacity and renovate aging infrastructure.
Uruguay’s expects 200 cruise calls and 300.000 visitors
Uruguay expects 200 cruise calls this 2010/2011 season totalling 300.000 visitors between passengers and crewmembers said the country’s Tourism and Sports minister Hector Lescano during the official launching of the cruise season.
International visitors sustainedly flocking to the US: 40.2 million in eight months
The United States Department of Commerce says the number of international visitors to the country is rising fast.
Tourism industry generates 9% of global GDP and 8% of world employment
The travel and tourism industry is one of the largest and most dynamic industries in today’s global economy expected to generate about 9% of total GDP and provide for more than 235 million jobs in 2010 representing 8% of global employment.
New Zealand opens exciting cruise season and expects 140.000 passengers
New Zealand has seen phenomenal cruise growth since 1995 and the 2010-2011 cruise season which started on 15 October with the Sapphire Princess, is forecast to be even larger than what the country has ever experienced.
Chile targets a million visitors to thermal hot springs by 2015
A new business association promoting Chile’s thermal hot springs hopes to bump visits up 12% to 1 million people by 2015. Last year only 700,000 people visited Chile’s hot springs, which exist in all corners of this mountainous, volcano-rich country.
Chile promotes nudism-naturism tourism; holds regional conference in 2012
The nudism and naturism movement in Chile will soon be in the international spotlight, as the country was recently named headquarters for the Latin American Nudism-Naturism Conference, scheduled for March 2012.
