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0.76 - Argentina 3.12 - Bolivia
7.91- Brasil 2.108 - Chile 535.29
- Colombia 2,050 - México
10.88 Paraguay 5,130 - Perú
3.17 - Uruguay 23.60 - Venezuela
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| Buenos Aires consolidates
as main tourist city |
| Recently, the
specialized magazine Travel Leisure
chose Buenos Aires as the best
Latin American city and the seventh
city in the world to spend vacations,
while the publication Destinos
y Convenciones chose Buenos Aires
as the best foreign destination. |
| IX Festival Buenos
Aires Tango |
| Until March 4th,
the best tango dancers will perform
in Buenos Aires. The Festival,
organized by the Ministry of Culture
of the Government of Buenos Aires,
will be a new opportunity to show
the presence of tango in other
musical genders such as rock,
jazz and electronic music. |
| LAN Argentina
flies daily to Salta |
| LAN Argentina
has already started to operate
the route Buenos Aires–Salta
with a daily flight. |
| Lufthansa, new
Business Class in route to Buenos
Aires |
| Lufthansa announced
that its new Business Class is
now also available from and to
Buenos Aires, everyday, on its
Boeing B747-400 aircrafts. |
| Traveling by ship
to Uruguay will be cheaper |
| Starting from
Saturday, Colonia Express will
offer the route Buenos Aires-Colonia
to those who want to travel to
Uruguay at lower prices. The company
will compete with Buquebus, which
has more expensive fares. |
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| Restrictions to
air services with the EU were
eliminated |
| Paraguay entered
into an agreement that will eliminate
the restrictions to air services
and will allow European companies
to operate flights between the
EU and Paraguay. |
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| Pan de Azucar
modifies schedule |
| From now on,
Pan de Azucar (Sugar Loaf Mountain),
in Rio de Janeiro, will open its
ticket office from 8:00 hrs. to
19:50 hrs. This tourist attraction
will be open until 21:00 hrs.
The change of schedule is for
an indefinite period of time. |
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| New aircraft of
TAM will cover important cities |
| Transporte Aereo
Militar (TAM) increased its fleet
with a versatile jet BAe with
a capacity for 85 passengers.
This aircraft will travel to La
Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, and
Sucre, Tarija, Yacuiba, Cobija
and other towns located in the
Bolivian east. The air fares are
economical in comparison with
private airlines. |
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Increase
in entrance tickets to Macchu
Picchu ruled out |
| The Vice Minister
of Tourism ruled out a possible
increase in the entrance tickets
to Macchu Picchu, after the announcement
of the Regional President of Cuzco
who proposed an increase from
US$ 20 to US$ 100 for foreign
tourists. The possible increase
in the entrance tickets to Machu
Picchu, if needed, would be applied
from early 2008. |
Handicraft
workshops will be offered to
tourists |
| Starting from
March, the Educational Association
of Artists and Musicians of Peru
(AMP) will offer craftsmanship
workshops for tourists. The aim
is to promote a modality of experience-based
tourism, where visitors will be
able to participate in knitting,
wood or ashlar carving workshops,
as well as to work with leather
and paint and produce their own
handcrafted souvenirs. |
| Pastoruri Hotel
implements Internet Wi-Fi |
| Pastoruri Hotel
is the only hotel in Huaraz that
offers free wireless Internet
service to all its guests. |
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| VAT will be reimbursed
to tourists |
| The reimbursement
of the VAT (Value Added Tax) is
one of the incentives included
in the Law of Tourism that will
be applied in Ecuador for purchases
over US$ 50. This was announced
by the Minister of Tourism, who
declared that in case that a tourist
filed a bill for values higher
than US$ 50 in airports and borders,
the VAT will be reimbursed to
them. |
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| Is recognized
by American tourism magazine |
| The Nicaraguan
Tourism Institute declared that
the American tourism magazine
“Outside” selected
Nicaragua as the best trip in
2007, within the Bahamas, Mexico
and Central America category.
The American magazine chose Nicaragua
among 30 tourist places of these
countries. The report, entitled
“The 30 greatest trips of
all times“, will appear
in the issue of March. |
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| Taca with direct
routes to the Dominican Republic |
| Taca will inaugurate
several direct routes to the Dominican
Republic starting from April 15th.
The flights will be carried out
four days per week in an Airbus
319 aircraft. The duration of
the flight will be of two hours
approximately. |
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| Elan Resort &
Spa will reopen on March 1st |
| The all inclusive
hotel Elan Resort & Spa, in
Cancun, will reopen on March 1st
after having successfully finished
a total remodeling of its facilities,
which investment amounts US$ 15
million. The Elan Resort &
Spa, former Club Las Velas, has
95 rooms, six restaurants, three
bars, two private beaches, two
pools, two tennis fields, a gym,
steam baths, saunas and a Mayan-style
spa. |
| Avolar will implement
new international flights |
| Avolar announced
that is planning to start international
operations. Los Angeles and Phoenix
are among its new international
destinations, and Toluca, Hermosillo
and Tijuana are among its domestic
destinations. |
| Grupo Indi and
Magic Resorts inaugurate three
hotels in the Mayan Riviera |
| The Mexican Group
Indi and Magic Resorts inaugurated
three hotels in the Mayan Riviera,
the Magic Blue Boutique Hotel,
the Magic Express and the Magic
Sol, all of them are five-star
category hotels. |
| Fiesta Inn Puebla
inaugurated |
| The Mexican consortium
Posadas Group recently inaugurated
the Fiesta Inn Puebla. With this
new hotel, the chain, aimed at
business travelers and under the
concept of Business Class, sums
up 53 hotels nationwide. The Fiesta
Inn Puebla has 123 rooms and five
conference rooms for events. |
| Marriott opens
two of the five new hotels planned
for this year |
| Marriott International
opened two new hotels, the Torreon
Marriott Hotel and the Ixtapan
de la Sal Marriott Hotel &
Spa, increasing its offer in the
country to twelve hotels. During
this year, the chain expects to
have 15 hotels, as it plans to
open other three hotels in Mexico
in 2007. |
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| Air Europa will
lead Air Dominicana |
| Air Europa will
be in charge of the technical
and commercial direction of Air
Dominicana, a project promoted
by the Presidency of the Dominican
Republic with the participation
of private capital, and which
operations would start at the
end of this year or the beginning
of next year. For this, an initial
investment of US$ 10 millions
is estimated, together with a
fleet of four aircrafts, two wide-cabin
Boeing 767 for long lengths and
two B 737-800 aircrafts for medium
and short lengths. These routes
will include the Caribbean, Latin
America and subsequently the United
States. |
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PERU
Luxurious Cusco |
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Imagine
entering a Spanish monastery from
the late XVI century, being welcomed
by a Gregorian chant sung by invisible
monks and one of the members of
the Guest Service team…--with
the enchantment of decor from
“another era”, but with today’s
comforts. All of this is in Cusco,
formerly the capital city of the
Inca Empire. ..READ
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