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0.68 - Argentina 3.15 - Bolivia
7.67 - Brasil 1.78 - Chile 507.39
- Colombia 1,840 - México
10.50 Paraguay 4,700 - Perú
2.993 - Uruguay 21.40 - Venezuela
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| Back to flying |
| VRG, which
is operated by VARIG, announced
the resuming of operations with
daily flights between Brasil
and Argentina, which will reach
90 weekly frequencies between
Buenos Aires and several Brasilian
cities. For the moment, the
new Varig will cover the services
between the metropolitan airport
and the city of Sao Paulo and
Rio de Janeiro with 28 weekly
frequencies, which will increase
to 42 as from December 3rd. |
| Cruise season
in Puerto Madryn |
| Approximately
43 ships will arrive in the city’s
port from now until April 4th.
Last year, 37 ships arrived, with
more than 35,000 tourists which
represents an increase in the
economic revenue for the city,
not only from the tax that is
paid for right of mooring but
because resupplying takes place
in the port Terminal. Additionally,
the tourist and crew movement
are assisted by tourist agencies
and other suppliers of local services
in their excursions to the Valdes
Peninsula, Punto Tombo or Punta
Loma Protected Natural Areas and
excursions to the Chubut River
Lower valley, city shopping, among
other activities. |
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| Seeks investment
to convert Punta del Este into
tourist attraction |
| The aim of
the authorities is to transform
Punta del Este in a strong tourist
attraction, which is why the
Municipality of Maldonado will
present four concession projects
mainly aimed at Chilean investors.
The most important of these
projects is the construction
of a private port for boats
and cruise ships, which will
include a five-star hotel and
a casino, with an investment
of US$ 300 million. |
| Donald Trump assesses
investing US$ 60 million in hotel
project |
| The North American
millionaire, Donald Trump analyses
investing US$ 60 million in a
real estate and hotel project
in Punta del Este. The Chilean
group Kayco International Group
will assess the magnate in this
operation and so its director
will travel to Uruguay next week
to begin conversations with local
companies and to evaluate the
most ideal places for the beginning
of what could be one of the first
hotel projects of Trump in South
America. |
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| Varig returns
to Mexico |
| The Brasilian
airline announced the return
of its flights to Mexico City
as from December 10th, with
a daily return frequency. Embratur
confirmed that Mexico was the
15th producer of tourists for
Brasil in 2006, with 70 000
people, while in the opposite
sense the Mexican tourist destinations
received 43 000 Brasilians. |
| Air China announces
third frequencyT |
| 11 months after
beginning flights to Brasil with
two weekly frequencies, Air China
announced a third flight as from
the 20th of this month in the
route from Pekin, via Madrid. |
| OceanAir will
take charge of BRA routes |
| The Brasilian
Minister of Defense announced
that OceanAir took charge of the
BRA routes, which stopped operating
last week. The Brasilian judiciary
announced that it might take part
of BRA’s ten aircraft to
ensure the dismissal compensations
of the 1 100 airline employees. |
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| will promote tourist
routes for orquid observation |
| The Deputy
Minister of Tourism informed
that new tourist routes will
be created to promote the observation
and conservation of orquids
with the aim of generating a
larger flow of national and
international visitors interested
in natural tourism. |
| Discovery of most
ancient mural of America in Lambayeque |
| A religious sanctuary
which would represent the cradle
of the northern culture of Peru,
as well as America’s most
ancient mural, were discovered
in the Ventarron hill, located
in the Centro Poblado of the same
name, 4km from Pomalca district,
in the Chiclayo province. |
| “Discover
Peru” campaign launched
in London |
| Promperu began
the “Discover Peru”
international campaign in the
Custom House railway station.
The publicity articles show the
new tourist image of Peru, with
a completely renewed design of
cruiser photographs on the Amazon
River, Chan Chan, Machu Picchu,
among others, as well as our gastronomy.
This campaign will be in different
media selected for the high impact
in high socio-economic levels,
such as: The Independent, Ultra
Traveler, Style Journal, Wanderlust
and Traveler. At the beginning
of next year, Peru will be promoted
in 324 London taxis. |
| Air Peru International
would begin flights in December |
| Air Peru International
presented its Boeing 752-200,
one of six that will arrive in
the country for the opening of
its flights at national level,
informed the Director and General
Manager of the airline, who specified
that the investment undergone
until present by Peruvian investors
reaches US$ 1.8 million. The airline
is in the certification process
and by December at the latest
they will be officially operating
to different destinations within
the country, beginning with Cuzco
and Iquitos. In the short term
it also plans the beginning of
its international flights to the
United States, Asia and South
America. |
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| Cuenca will have
tourist meeting |
| 100 foreign
purchasers will participate
in the Ecuador Travel Mart,
organized by the Bolsa Internacional
de Turismo (BITE), in Cuenca,
on April 22nd, 2008. The president
of the BITE, Irma Ugalde, announced
that among the 260 Ecuatorian
operators interested in the
round of business, 120 will
be selected. 30 specialized
foreign journalists have also
been invited. |
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| Avianca takes
up airlines from Brasil and Ecuador |
| The companies
from the Sinergy Business Group
will adopt the Avianca name
as from the second semester
of 2008, thus consolidating
a sole image in the countries
where they are represented,
announced the president of the
company during the anniversary
of the 40 years of the Columbo-
American Chamber in Cali. Ocean
Air of Brasil and Vipsa of Ecuador
are expected to be called Avianca
by the middle of next year. |
| Aires wants to
fly to New York and Avianca to
the main European capitals |
| Aires wants to
fly from various cities of the
country to Fort Lauderdale (Florida)
and also to New York, seven times
a week, from Bogota. Avianca expects
to fly to Paris five times a week,
three to London, four to Frankfurt,
seven to Washington and Orlando,
from the El Dorado airport. |
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| Delta opens five
new direct routes with New York |
Delta announced
the opening of five new direct
routes to link New York with
Central America and the Caribbean,
as part of an expansion strategy
which will allow it to increase
by 60% its presence in the region
and consolidate itself as the
biggest airline that operates
in the JFK airport. |
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| Government
motivates actions to consolidate
tourist activity |
The Minister
of Tourism informed that to
consolidate the tourist activity
in Mexico and to attract more
investments, the Ministry is
working in three areas that
are fundamental so that this
activity be a real impulse for
social and economical development,
horizontal work, territorial
organization and concurrence
between the three levels of
government. |
| Aeromexico announces
direct flights to Barcelona |
| The Commercial
Director informed that as from
December 16th, Aeromexico will
fly on Fridays and Sundays from
Mexico City to the El Prat airport
in Barcelona. |
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| As from May 2008,
Copa will have four daily flights |
Copa Airlines
foresees expanding the frequencies
of its flights to Cuba, in the
face of the increase in demand
of trips brought about during
a recent official visit of representatives
of the Panamanian Government
to La Habana. |
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| Puno:
Titikaka Lake |
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3,800
masl, where land and water get
close to the blue sky and its
cotton-white clouds and starry
nights, you can see landscapes
of undulating hills, wide valleys
and snowcapped ranges –
there is Puno and its Titicaca
Lake, South America’s
inner sea – its cultures
and traditions divided in aymaras
and quechuas who live off the
lake, use its resources and
farm its surroundings. This
dynamic land – water with
resources usable by modern and
ancient man, is located at the
shores around the lake and its
islands. READ
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