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Avianca gets Aeroflot slots at London airport
LATAM NEWS Avianca gets Aeroflot slots at London airport Russia's invasion of Ukraine has created a host of problems for Russian airlines, but for those of other countries it has created valuable opportunities. In May, the UK government imposed sanctions on Russian...
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In Colombia the reactivation of international tourism has reached 81% since the beginning of the year
LATAM NEWS In Colombia the reactivation of international tourism has reached 81% since the beginning of the year Tourism is not only related to leisure and pleasure, but also to meetings and business tourism. In fact, according to the Ostelea School of Tourism...
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COVID-19: Vaccination update in Latin America
LATAM NEWS COVID-19: Vaccination update in Latin America (Last update 13/06/2022) Since the first vaccination administered in Latin America on December 24, 2020 in Mexico, vaccination campaigns continue, let's take stock country by country on their progress. It is...
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Tourism recovery gathers pace as restrictions ease and confidence rises
LATAM NEWS Tourism recovery gains momentum as restrictions ease and confidence returns UNWTO has raised its outlook for 2022 due to stronger than expected first quarter results, a significant increase in flight bookings and an improved outlook for the UNWTO confidence...
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Air Europa increases its flight frequency to the Americas
LATAM NEWS Air Europa increases its flight frequency to the Americas The recovery in passenger demand and the incorporation of new aircraft into the airline's fleet will allow Air Europa to gradually resume its flight frequency to its destinations in the Americas....
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Easter Island to reopen to tourism on 1 August
LATAM NEWS Easter Island to reopen to tourism on 1 August "It has been agreed that the opening of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) will take place on Monday 1 August 2022″, says a statement from the Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism about the island, located...
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Why choose Latin America as a destination in 2022?
LATAM NEWS Why choose Latin America as a destination in 2022? After two years without visibility for tourism, travellers are still dreaming of far away destinations. Latin America is the ideal region to discover in 2022! A safe destination for the COVID-19 After...
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“Our goal is very clear: to be the hub of the Americas”
Interviews Christophe Didier, Sales Vice President of Copa Airlines Visit Latin America: COPA Airlines is 75 years old this year, what has been the key to its success and longevity? We have a very clear vision and objectives to be the leading airline and preferred...
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Merger between Avianca and Viva Air
LATAM NEWS Merger between Avianca and Viva Air The shareholders of the two airlines Avianca and Viva Air have signed a merger agreement to create a new holding company. This transaction will strengthen a sector that has been through the most complex crisis in its...
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Peru’s pavilion awarded at Expo 2020 in Dubai
LATAM NEWS Peru's pavilion awarded at Expo 2020 in Dubai The Peru Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai has won the World Expo Awards in the People's Choice Awards category among 192 others. More than 1.4 million visits have been recorded to the pavilion since its...
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Santiago de Chile airport’s new terminal opens
LATAM NEWS Santiago de Chile airport's new terminal opens Since Monday 28 February, international flights have been transferred to the new terminal at Santiago de Chile airport. Chilean President Sebastián Piñera inaugurated a new international terminal at Santiago's...
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“Making Panama a world-class sustainable destination is our goal”
Interviews Iván Eskildsen, Minister of Tourism of Panama / General Administrator of the Panama Tourism Authority Visit Latin America: What is the current situation of tourism in Panama? Since Panama opened its borders to passengers, thanks to the success of the...
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“Blanket Travel Restrictions Don’t Work”: UNWTO Adds its Voice to WHO Statement
LATAM NEWS “Blanket Travel Restrictions Don’t Work”: UNWTO Adds its Voice to WHO Statement The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has welcomed the call of its sister UN agency World Health Organization (WHO) for restrictions on travel to be lifted or eased. Citing the...
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Making Tourism stronger and ready for the future
LATAM NEWS Making Tourism stronger and ready for the future This has been another challenging year for our societies, our economies and tourism. Many millions of jobs and businesses remain in peril, at the mercy of an evolving crisis and of the actions of governments....
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Ansenuza, the new Argentinean national park to discover
LATAM NEWS Ansenuza, the new Argentinean national park to discover The famous actor Leonardo Di Caprio is now promoting this fabulous protected area located in the province of Córdoba. Its 433,000 hectares offer excellent alternatives to the traveller and...
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World Travel Awards announces 2021 global winners
LATAM NEWS World Travel Awards announces 2021 global winners The World Travel Awards - the leading authority on recognising and rewarding excellence in travel and tourism - has announced the 2021 winners in its global categories. With three awards in this 28th...
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Panama launches its new tourism brand “Vive por Más”
LATAM NEWS Panama launches its new tourism brand “Vive por Más” Panama has launched the tourism brand platform "Vive por Más" (live for more) with the intention to reactivate the tourism sector that has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and to attract...
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IATA calls for removal of entry restrictions for vaccinated travellers
LATAM NEWS IATA calls for removal of entry restrictions for vaccinated travellers The International Air Transport Association (IATA), through its Director General Willie Walsh, has said that people who have undergone the Covid-19 vaccination regime should travel...
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The best vineyard in the world is Argentine for the third time
LATAM NEWS The best vineyard in the world is Argentine for the third time The Zuccardi Valle de Uco vineyard, located in the province of Mendoza, has been awarded the title of the best vineyard in the world for the third time in 2021 by the World's Best Vineyard. For...
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Panama has a new convention centre
LATAM NEWS Panama has a new convention centre Credit: Panama Convention Center Thanks to an investment of more than $200 million, Panama now has a modern convention centre, the Panama Convention Center (PCC), located in Amador on the banks of the Panama Canal. The new...
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Return of the cruises in Colombia
LATAM NEWS Return of the cruises in Colombia The Star Breeze docked at the Cartagena de Indias cruise terminal on Tuesday 24 August, the first to call at a Colombian and South American port in almost 17 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The small luxury cruise ship...
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Brazil relies on its natural wealth for tourism recovery
LATAM NEWS Brazil relies on its natural wealth for tourism recoveryme Nature based tourism is one of the drivers of the recovery in the tourism sector and this trend is expected to continue in the post-pandemic future. Brazil, which is the world's second largest...
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IATA Travel Pass, the mobile application that will soon be essential for travel?
LATAM NEWS IATA Travel Pass, the mobile application that will soon be essential for travel? The International Air Transport Association (IATA) presents its mobile application IATA Travel Pass with the aim of reopening borders without quarantine and reviving aviation....
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Guayaquil Cocoa Museum opens its doors
LATAM NEWS Guayaquil Cocoa Museum opens its doors The aroma of cocoa is invading Guayaquil, as the city inaugurated the Museo del Cacao (Cocoa Museum) on the 28th of July. It is a new tourist attraction that seeks to make known and preserve the history, culture and...
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Google and the Museo de Arte de Lima present the virtual exhibition “Guardians of the Khipus”
LATAM NEWS Google and the Museo de Arte de Lima present the virtual exhibition "Guardians of the Khipus" Google Arts & Culture and the Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI) are offering an opportunity to get to know the khipus, those colourful and enigmatic knotted ropes and...
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Passenger traffic increased by 25% in Panama from May to June
LATAM NEWS Passenger traffic increased by 25% in Panama from May to June The number of passengers transiting through TocumenInternationalAirport, Panama's main hub for air connections between the Americas, between May and June 2021 increased by 24.9% for a total of...
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“Futaleufú first clean and sustainable destination in the world”
INTERVIEWS Interview by Natalia Baeza, Coordinator of the Tourism Office of the Municipality of Futaleufú Visit Latin America: How did you come up with the idea to apply for the Green Destination competition? Natalia Baeza: We discovered this initiative in 2017. We...
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Aeromexico celebrates the tenth anniversary of its flight to Guatemala
LATAM NEWS Aeromexico celebrates the tenth anniversary of its flight to Guatemala The tenth anniversary of Aeromexico's route between Mexico City and Guatemala was celebrated at a press conference organised by the Guatemalan Institute of Tourism (INGUAT). The airline...
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Visit Argentina presents its new visual identity
LATAM NEWS Visit Argentina presents its new visual identity Based on the concept of "Infinity", to encompass the multiple possibilities for world travellers to discover Argentina, the new visual identity of Visit Argentina, which was already exhibited at FITUR 2021,...
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Chilean industry’s five proposal to open up the tourism sector
LATAM NEWS Chilean industry's five proposal to open up the tourism sector The need to open the borders as soon as possible and the recognition of vaccination to allow mobility within the country are the main points of a public declaration that the Federation of...
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The Bicentennial Inti Raymi will be broadcasted live on Thursday 24th June
LATAM NEWS The Bicentennial Inti Raymi will be broadcasted live on Thursday 24th June Cusco is preparing to live the "Inti Raymi of the Bicentenary" (The festival of the Sun that shines for the world), which this year will take place on Thursday 24 June at...
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“Give yourself 60 minutes escape from the comfort of your couch!”
FOCUS Laura Ortiz, Global Sales Director of Quimbaya Latin America Visit Latin America: Can you introduce us to Quimbaya Latin America? QUIMBAYA LATIN AMERICA is a Destination Management Company with its own receptive agencies in 11 countries in Latin America since 34...
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Read our interview about an exceptional 42-day trip to Ecuador!
FOCUS From Austria, 42 days visiting Ecuador! Visit Latin America: How did you organise this trip to Ecuador? Mr. Hofmann (Client): I am more of a traveller than a normal tourist. When I had the idea to travel to Ecuador, I immediately looked on Google Maps to find...
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Safeguarding the Manabita gastronomic heritage thanks to the “Iche” school
LATAM NEWS Safeguarding the Manabita gastronomic heritage thanks to the "Iche" school Shrimp, fish and a touch of lemon, served with toppings and peanut paste, all accompanied by steaming viche: this is an ancestral dish from Manabí. In this province on the...
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Colombia positions itself as “the most welcoming place on earth”
LATAM NEWS Colombia positions itself as "the most welcoming place on earth” ProColombia announces the launch of a new promotional campaign for the country: "the most welcoming place on earth". This long-term positioning will be used in commercial and marketing...
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New measures for entry to Panama
LATAM NEWS New measures for entry to Panama The Ministry of Health of Panama has decreed that as of Monday 19 April 2021, all travellers who have been in or transited through South America in the last 15 days and are entering the country, must bring a PCR or antigen...
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“Our main objectives are to reopen the borders and to welcome incoming tourism”
FOCUS Germán Cardoso Ferreira, Uruguay's Minister of Tourism Visit Latin America: What is the current situation for tourism in Uruguay? Tourism is one of the activities with the greatest impact on the world's economies. The World Tourism Organisation says that before...
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ANATO 2021 rescheduled to the 16th -18th of JUNE
LATAM NEWS ANATO 2021 rescheduled to the 16th -18th of JUNE With the third peak announced for the end of April in Colombia, ANATO is changing the dates of the country's most important tourism event. This event remains an important bet to continue to promote the...
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Buenos Aires approves protocol for congresses and conventions
LATAM NEWS Buenos Aires approves protocol for congresses and conventions The government of Buenos Aires approved on the 2nd of March the protocol for the prevention and management of cases of COVID-19 for the gradual return of associative and corporate conventions and...
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Ecuador allows travellers vaccinated against Covid-19 to enter without a PCR test
LATAM NEWS Ecuador allows travellers vaccinated against Covid-19 to enter without a PCR test Since 22 March, Ecuador has allowed the entry by air of foreigners who possess the card that certifies the administration of full doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, without the...
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Suspension of quarantine for foreigners and PCR tests on all domestic flights in Peru
LATAM NEWS Suspension of quarantine for foreigners and PCR tests on all domestic flights in Peru The Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur), Claudia Cornejo, revealed on 11th March that the government has decided to lift the mandatory 14-day quarantine for...
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“Mexico City is an avant-garde metropolis”
FOCUS Carlos Mackinlay, Tourism Secretary of the city of Mexico Visit Latin America: What is the current situation of tourism in Mexico City? Sources: Secretariat of Tourism of Mexico City / Mexico City International Airport VLA: What are the health requirements for...
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Guatemala seeks to promote ornithological tourism
LATAM NEWS Guatemala seeks to promote ornithological tourism Within the framework of the Bicentenary of Independence, INGUAT, in collaboration with the National Association of Ornithological Tourism, promotes the conservation of the National Bird. In Guatemala,...
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The city of Esmeraldas is the new magic city of Ecuador
LATAM NEWS The city of Esmeraldas is the new magic city of Ecuador During a ceremony held at the Ministry of Tourism on March 10th of this year, the city of Esmeraldas was declared a new "Magic City of Ecuador". The Minister of Tourism, Rosi Prado de Holguin,...
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Guatemala allows unrestricted entry for vaccinated travellers
LATAM NEWS Guatemala allows unrestricted entry for vaccinated travellers Guatemala has updated its entry requirements to allow travellers to enter the country without restrictions provided that they present proof that they have received two full doses of a COVID-19...
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Colombia leader in Latin America on health protocols
LATAM NEWS Colombia leader in Latin America on health protocols Strict biosafety standards, companies certified to offer safe experiences and a wide range of laboratories for Covid-19 testing are the backbone of the country to ensure peace of mind for international...
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Chubut in the top 10 most hospitable provinces in the world
LATAM NEWS Chubut in the top 10 most hospitable provinces in the world Chubut was voted one of the 10 most hospitable provinces in the world in the Traveller Review Awards 2021 by the international website Booking.com, based on millions of customer comments on the...
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“Guatemala is a megadiverse country, but also one of the main destinations to discover the pre-Hispanic Mayan heritage”
FOCUS Mynor Cordón, Director of the Guatemalan Institute of Tourism (INGUAT) Visit Latin America: What is the current tourism situation in Guatemala? Guatemala’s tourism faces challenges. According to the latest report of the Tourism Barometer of the UNWTO (World...
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Anato Tourism Showcase will be held from 28th to 30th April 2021 in Bogotá
LATAM NEWS Anato Tourism Showcase will be held from 28th to 30th April 2021 in Bogotá The 40th edition of the most important event dedicated to the tourism industry in Colombia will open its doors on 28th, 29th and 30th April 2021 in Corferias in the city of Bogota....
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“We hope that this new year will be the turning point that will speed up the reactivation of tourism”
FOCUS SERNATUR, the National Tourism Promotion Agency of Chile Visit Latin America: In the global context, what is the current situation of tourism in Chile? The tourism industry worldwide is facing a deep crisis. The closure of borders, the suspension of flights and...
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