Tourism

• Wednesday, February 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Another record year for Lan with profits up 64% in 2006

  

  Chile's flag carrier LAN Airlines announced on Wednesday net profits of 241 million US dollars in 2006, up 64.4% over the 147 million US dollars of 2005.

• Monday, February 12th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Buenos Aires “invaded” by 10.000 visitors in six cruises

  

  Three major cruise vessels with 10.000 tourists called in Buenos Aires over the weekend signaling a peak for the current season.

• Saturday, February 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Venezuela - Iran to begin direct flights

  

  Iran's national airline will begin direct flights to Venezuela next month in another sign of the two nations' increasingly close ties.

• Thursday, February 8th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Word and image Falklands Diaries joint project

  

  An ambitious documentary project, The Falklands' Diaries, through word and sound, begins next February 14 when Welsh writer Desmond Barry and photographer Diego Vidart arrive in the Falkland Islands from Cardiff.

• Wednesday, February 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Ruling could drastically cut traffic in Brazil's busiest airport

  

  Brazilian authorities have warned that up to 10.000 passengers could be stranded daily if a court ruling which for security reasons bans large aircrafts from operating in one of Sao Paulo's several airports, becomes effective next Thursday.

• Wednesday, February 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Rio's Christ Redeemer competes for World Wonders title

  

  In a colorful ceremony full of music and dance, Brazil's Rio do Janeiro officially presented this week the candidacy of the impressive Christ Redeemer on the Corcovado hill as one of the modern world's seven wonders.

• Tuesday, February 6th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay: Punta's real-estate explosion

  

  The glitter is back at the Uruguayan peninsula long known as South America's summer playground for the rich and famous — a Latin version of Monaco or the Hamptons of New York.

• Thursday, February 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Cruise ship grounding a warning says Falklands Conservation manager.

  

  The grounding of a cruise liner in Antarctic waters on Wednesday appears to have been handled without damage either to the environment or to passengers, according to Grant Munro, Manager of the Falkland Islands non-governmental organisation, Falklands Conservation, which is an associate member of the International Association of Antarctic Cruise Organisations.( IAATO)

• Thursday, February 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Air travel expected to double by 2025

  

  The number of air travellers is expected to double by 2025, rising to more than 9 billion a year, a body representing the world's airports said on yesterday. The Airports Council International (ACI) predicted air freight would triple over the same period.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Passengers of stranded cruise taken to Ushuaia

  

  The 300 passengers of a cruise vessel that ran aground in the South Shetlands are being transferred to another ship from the same company and will be transported to Ushuaia, extreme south Argentina.