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0.77 - Argentina 3.10 - Bolivia
7.94- Brasil 2.14 - Chile 540.10
- Colombia 2,100 - México
10.80 - Paraguay 5,180 - Perú
3.18- Uruguay 23.70 - Venezuela
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| Costa Cruceros
introduced 2007/2008 season |
| Costa
Cruceros executives announced
the arrival of three ships in
the region for this summer. Costa
Victoria in Argentina, Costa Magica
in Brasil and Costa Classica alternating
between both countries, will be
the main stars of what the company
calls “The Diamond Season
2007-2008”. This will represent
50% more activity in relation
to this summer. |
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Buenos Aires, preferred city for
gay tourism |
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Lan
Argentina will increase by 50%
its offer of routes in 2007 |
| Buenos
Aires increasingly attracts gay
tourism. This year, the first
five-star hotel in the continent
for the gay community was inaugurated
in the capital. According to unofficial
estimations gay tourism represents
20% of the visitors the city receives. |
Lan Argentina
wants to close 2007 with 50% more
in the offer of routes and new
destinations. This plan includes
adopting some aspects of the low
cost model, system which is competing
with giant airlines in the region. |
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| Mexicana de Aviacion
will arrive in Asuncion |
| The
few operations registered in the
International Airport of Asuncion,
Paraguay, could be stimulated
by the arrival of Mexicana de
Aviacion. Although the operations
are authorized by both nations,
the date of the inauguration flight
is unknown. |
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| Gol began to sell
tickets to Lima |
| Gol
began to sell tickets to Lima.
The company will have two daily
direct flights, one departing
from Sao Paulo and another from
Santiago de Chile. Lima will be
the eighth international destination
of Gol, which already flies to
Buenos Aires, Rosario and Cordoba
(Argentina), Montevideo (Uruguay),
Asuncion (Paraguay), Santa Cruz
de la Sierra (Bolivia) and Santiago
(Chile). |
| Iberostar will
operate one of the most prestigious
hotels in Rio de Janeiro |
| Iberostar Hotels
& Resorts will operate from
February 1st one of the most prestigious
hotels of Copacabana: a five-star
hotel, known as the tallest hotel
in Rio de Janeiro, which will
be named Iberostar Copacabana. |
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Arrival of cruise passengers will
increase by 5% in 2007 |
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Aerolineas
del Sur will fly to Buenos Aires
and Lima |
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The general manager of Destination
Mana-gement Chile (DMC) –
company which attends 70% of the
cruise passengers that arrive
in Chile- explained that in recent
years almost 20 cruise companies
from the entire world arrived
in the country. In the 2005-2006
season, DMC registered 120 arrivals
and 19 boardings of passengers.
For this season, the company expects
to receive 126 arrivals, which
implies an increase of 5%. |
The new CEO
of the company assured that
Aerolineas del Sur will fly
to Buenos Aires and Lima before
the first four months of the
year.“We want to grow
by 25% in passenger transportation
compared to 2006, to reach an
occupation rate of 71%. We are
not only looking for consolidation,
but we want to make this company
something different, an outstanding
service” he declared. |
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| AeroSur presented
new Boeing 731-200 |
| AeroSur presented
its new Boeing 737-200 which will
reinforce its services in the
routes Santa Cruz-Buenos Aires
and Santa Cruz-San Pablo. The
aircraft will be added to the
six 727-200 and the four 737-200,
besides the aircrafts flying to
Madrid and Miami. |
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| Will promote destinations
in fairs of United Kingdom and
Spain |
| In February,
PromPeru will participate in international
tourism fairs which will be carried
out in the United Kingdom and
Spain. The first one is the International
Tourism Fair Destinations Show
2007 which will be held in London
from February 1st to February
4th. PromPeru will also participate
in Fitur 2007 from January 31st
to February 4th, in Madrid. |
| IH&RA Board
of directors meeting will be held
in Lima |
| The International
Hotel & Restaurants Association
-IH&RA-, the most important
hotel and restaurant association
in the world-, will hold on March
22nd and 23rd its board of directors
meeting in Lima. |
| Taca increases
flights to Sao Paulo |
| In February Taca
offers two additional flights
in its Lima-Sao Paulo route, doubling
its departures on Wednesday and
Fridays. The offer of seats and
flights increases almost by 30%,
with a total of nine weekly flights. |
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| Hotel Plaza Grande,
one of the most luxurious in South
America |
| With an investment
of US$ 5.5 million in two years,
the construction of the republican-style
Hotel Boutique in Quito was finished.
This hotel has infrastructure
standards and services which surpass
any concept of a five-star hotel.
It is located in the property
where 64 years ago the famous
and legendary Hotel Majestic was
inaugurated. |
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| Tourism business
meetings start |
| On February 27th
and 28th the Ministry of Commerce,
Industry and Tourism and Proexport
Colombia will carry out the first
business meeting of the year,
aimed at the tourism sector. The
event, which will have the participation
of more than 150 buyers and 200
Colombian companies, will be a
scenario for the achievement of
business projects and signing
of agreements to be developed
in 2007. http://www.ruedaturismo.com/ |
| Tourism in Cartagena
grew by air and sea |
| During 2006, 530,623
passengers arrived in the Airport
of Cartagena from domestic destinations
and 86,370 from international
destinations. That same year,
several cruise lines arrived to
the city with 42,024 passengers.
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| Coffee plantation
zone consolidates as tourist attraction
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| The coffee plantation
zone in the west of Colombia received
220,000 tourists during this year
vacation period. Almost 150,000
visitors lodged in coffee plantations,
which were adapted for agro-tourism
activities in the last 10 years.
The region offers rural hotels,
diversity of humid zones, ecological
walks, thematic parks and extreme
sports. |
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| Conjoint promotion
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| Panama is studying
the possibility to create tourist
packages together with Dominican
Republic and Costa Rica, which
would be aimed at tourists from
Europe and Asia, the Panamanian
Minister declared. |
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| Will participate
in European fairs |
| El Salvador confirmed
its participation in Fitur (Spain),
Bit de Milan (Italy) and ITB (Germany).
The minister of Tourism, Ruben
Rochi, will lead the Salvadorian
delegations. |
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| Bets on submarine
tourism |
| J.R. Llerena
& Asociados created and designed
the Nautilius project, first official
diving guide of the Dominican
Republic. This project is aimed
at promoting the natural and archeological
submarine attractions of Dominican
Republic as well as the most complete
Diving Center of Insular Caribbean
Sea. |
| La Romana will
have a new luxury tourist resort
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| The Dominican
Republic will have a new tourist
complex – luxury property
in La Romana, called Los Altos,
which second stage of construction
will start in June with an investment
of over US$ 75 million. |
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Winter tourism promoted |
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Old
Mexico Hotel reopened |
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This winter, Baja California has
a great variety of alternatives
for family entertainment. The
Secretary of Domestic Tourism
listed some of the places which
can be visited for tourism purposes
in this season of low temperatures.
The Constitucion National Park,
the Sierra de San Pedro Martir
National Park, the Guadalupe Canyon,
and Los Angeles bay are some of
them. |
A year and
a half and € 6 million
is the investment for the purchase
and complete restoration of
the old Mexico Hotel, which
reopened under the name of Abba
Santander. This hotel is part
of the Abba chain, which has
another 22 hotels (two of them
in London and Andorra) and soon
will open others in Paris, Berlin,
Bratislava, Huesca and Granada. |
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| Taca will inaugurate
a new direct flight in February
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| Taca will inaugurate
on February 2nd its direct flight
between San Jose de Costa Rica
and Havana which will replace
the one currently operating between
El Salvador and the Cuban capital.
This flight will favor the connections
between Cuba and the region as
well as with South America. |
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CHILE
Robinson Crusoe Island |
In
1574, the Spanish sailor Juan
Fernandez discovered the archipelago
that carries his name, conformed
by Robinson Crusoe, Santa Clara
and Marinero Alejandro Selkirk
islands.
The history has left his footsteps
on these lands; the archipelago
has been a passing place of explorers
and adventurers, hiding place
of pirates and their treasures
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