BRAZILIAN TOURISM NUMBERS STAGNATING

Pat Hyland -
Approximately 6.62 million international tourists visited Brazil in 2018. The number is basically the same as it was over the last three years, showing that the tourist flow has stagnated. To compare, ...

CHILEAN TOURISM AUTHORITIES INTRODUCE NEW PLACES OF INTEREST

Dan Rang -
After several months of work, the Committee of Tourism Ministers declared the regions of Lonquimay, the Chiloé Archipelago, Torres del Paine, and Cape Horn as places of interest, adding these to the 3 ...

SPAIN: 1.4% MORE CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS IN THE FIRST QUARTER

Theodore Slate -
Spanish ports recorded 2.76 million cruise ship passengers in the first quarter of the year, a 1.38% increase over the same period of 2018 according to data published by Puertos del Estado, revealing ...

ECUADOR TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN TOURISTS

Vanderlei J. Pollack -
The Government of Ecuador expects to surpass 1.6 million foreign tourists in 2019, increasing its international arrivals by 15% in comparison to last year’s figure (1.4 million), taking into account t ...

MADEIRA TOURISM CONCERNED ABOUT BREXIT

Ashley Nault -
Brexit and the devaluation of the pound are reasons for concern in Madeira tourism, the archipelago’s main economic agent. Last year, the United Kingdom lost the first position in the ranking of the m ...