South Atlantic Cruising

Star Princess tests Argentine blockade in Falklands

Her decks boast sun loungers and golf simulators rather than machine guns and torpedoes, while those on board are more likely to be sipping G&Ts than rehearsing military drills.

Argentina Begins Charging Reciprocity Tax

What goes around comes around for visitors to Argentina

If you live in a country that charges the Argentines before they enter your cuontry, as a foreign visitor to Argentina, you will have to pay a reciprocity tax when arriving in their country at Ezeiza

Former Miss Argentina Dies After Cosmetic Surgery Complication

Medical tourism - weighing the risks and benefits

Medical tourism has seen a huge jump over the past decade, and is projected to be a US$100 billion global industry by 2010, according to the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.

Argentina-Israel Tourism Agreement

Israel to sign tourism agreement with Argentina

Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov and his Argentinean counterpart Carlos Enrique Meyer will sign a tourism agreement in the near future, after Misezhnikov, who was accompanying President Shimon Peres

Argentina

Higher tourist volume could return Argentina's tax revenue to double-digit growth

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's tax revenue could return to double-digit growth in November, the head of the country's tax agency said on Wednesday.

Argentina

Airline price increases authorized by government

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's government Tuesday authorized rate increases for domestic airline tickets, saying it was protecting the financial viability of carriers.

South America Tourism

South America tourism round up

ARGENTINA
Grants protected cultural status to tango

Step In The Right Direction

UNESCO grants protected cultural status to tango

The tango has been granted protected cultural status by UNESCO — a ruling that will be celebrated in Argentina and Uruguay, both of which claim to be the birthplace of the sensual dance.

The Che route

South America tourism round up

ARGENTINA
Ruins of San Ignacio Miní with new multimedia show

Travelers Do Not Only Come For The Weather

Argentina's tourism capitalizes on new world wines

Argentina's growing appeal to Americans goes well beyond the generally temperate climate.

Argentina Economy

Argentina’s travel industry provides business and leisure

Travel companies probably don’t have to do much to sell would-be travelers on the merits of the generally temperate weather in Argentina, so its growing appeal to Americans goes well beyond the clim

Beginning September 2

United Airlines goes cash free on Brazil and Argentina flights

Beginning September 2, United Airlines will accept only credit and debit cards for most onboard purchases on flights to and from Brazil and Argentina, as well as trans-Atlantic flights.

Argentina

Perito Moreno still grows, draws tourists

Viewed at a safe distance from small cruise boats or a wooden observation deck, the jagged surface of Argentina's Perito Moreno shimmers a white-blue.

Tourism this week in Latin America

ARGENTINA
Golf grows as Argentinean tourist attractiveness

Latin America Tourism

Tourism this week in Latin America

SOUTH AMERICA
The Inca road system would be named World Heritage before UNESCO

Worst Hit Country After US

Tourists cancel trips to Argentina as swine flu deaths reach 137

Travelers are cancelling trips to Argentina over the swine flu pandemic, which has killed at least 137 people since June, making it the worst hit country after the United States (211 deaths).

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Tourism this week in Latin America

ARGENTINA
Plays are canceled in all the country

Latin America Tourism

Tourism this week in Latin America

ARGENTINA
Tickets for the Patagonian Train are already for sale.

Latin America Tourism

Tourism this week in Latin America

ARGENTINA
“Aerolíneas Argentinas” got second B737 Next Generation

Brazile's Travel Advice

Brazil is accused by Chile of slamming doors on tourism

Brazilian government advice against traveling to A/H1N1 virus flu-stricken Argentina and Chile by people older than 60 and younger than 2 as well as those with weakened immune system was met by differ