Tourism
Revitalising South America’s smallest flag carrier
FlightGlobal
[Matias] Campiani, CEO says the financial turnaround is proof Pluna’s new strategy of turning Montevideo into a hub for the Southern Cone of South America is working. Over the last year the carrier has added frequencies to key business centres such as Buenos Aires, Santiago and Sao Paulo while launching new thin routes such [...]
No corking Uruguay’s rising status as wine country
LATimes.com
Wind-tousled grapevines, marching in cornrow-straight lines and hung with pearl-like clusters of light-green fruit, stretch as far as the eye can see across gently rolling farmland near the village of Juanicó in the Canelones District. Flowering red rosebushes punctuate the ends of each row, and tiro-tiro birds, named for their unique call, nest on wooden [...]
U.S. Architects Head to LatAm to Weather the Economic Storm
Architectural Record
In recent years, as many major U.S. architecture firms expanded internationally, they often bypassed Latin America in favor of Europe, China, and the Middle East. Gradually, though, that may be starting to change, as architects open offices and enlist for projects in Central and South American countries, where population and economic growth have been [...]
Wonderful finds in Ecuador
Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/02/2008
For such a small country (about the size of Colorado), Ecuador is remarkably diverse. Tucked between Colombia and Peru on South America’s west coast, it’s probably best known as the gateway to the Galapagos Islands. But it has three other ecosystems: the Amazon, the Pacific coast and the Andes, or Sierra, each [...]
Peru Rocks – The Big Picture
Amazing pictures of the Inca Trail, especially the picture below taken from Inti Punku – the sun gate entrance to Machu Picchu. It is amazing to be there at sunrise.
Boston.com
Indian hotel industry going places, eyes 10m foreign visitors by 2010
Financial Express
The long-term outlook for the [Indian] hotel industry remains upbeat as the country’s tourism industry experiences unprecedented growth, according to the latest Indian hotel market outlook report, ‘India Digest 2008’, by Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, one of the leading hotel investment and advisory service providers.
While domestic tourism is expanding in India owing to [...]
MoT to organise ‘India Brazil South Africa’ workshop in Kerala
Travel Biz Monitor ::
In order to augment tourists arrivals to India and source new markets for tourism, Ministry of Tourism (MoT) India along with other ministries like trade and commerce, will conduct a workshop along with a delegation from Brazil and South Africa. The ‘India Brazil South Africa’ (IBSA) workshop will be conducted on [...]
India planning to streamline visa process for foreign tourists
Visa Bureau
To maintain this strong growth, the Indian government is looking to create visas on entry for nationals from 18 countries. At the moment, international visitors to India must have an Indian visa to enter the country. Indian tourist visas are usually valid for up to six months, and under the conditions of [...]
In South America, Gauchos Still Ride Tall in the Saddle — and So Can You
WashingtonPost
Even Charles Darwin was smitten by gauchos.
Notes from his 1833 expedition to South America excitedly describe a rare breed of cowboys discovered riding the open plains, “long, black hair curling down their backs . . . daggers at their waists” and weather-beaten guitars in tow.
For centuries, the itinerant gauchos roamed the South American countryside, toiling [...]
The Wonders of Peru
Great show on the Travel Channel at the invitation of former President Alejandro Toledo. Brilliant marketing move for tourism. Parts 1, 3 and 5 of this show follow.
In 2002, I hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, watched the Inti Raymi (Festival of the Sun) celebrations at Sacsayhuaman, outside Cuzco, and went trekking in the [...]
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