Archive for the ‘South America’ Category
ARGENTINA AND CANADA JOIN FORCES TO PROMOTE TOURIST LANDMARKS
TORONTO, August 28th, 2008 – You may be surprised to find an Argentine park ranger in Niagara Falls, Ontario sharing information on the destination's natural wonders. This is part of Argentina Week, a ground breaking one week event that will showcase Argentina's tourism, culture and cuisine from September 3-7. This event is part of the [...]
August 28, 2008
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Chavez is the new peace hero in Colombia
By Nelson Alcantara | Feb 29, 2008 (eTN) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has done it again. He once again helped free Colombian hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). After six years of captivity at the hands of leftist rebels, four Colombian hostages gained their freedom in a jungle clearing Wednesday [...]
February 29, 2008
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Argentina Sees Comeback of Tango for Tourists
Friday, 22/02/2008 Tango impresario Juan Fabbri can't get a table at the 500-seat dinner theater he runs. That's because Esquina Carlos Gardel in Buenos Aires is packed with tourists every night.
February 22, 2008
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Colombia's Medellin: City transformed
By Nelson Alcantara l Special to eTN | Feb 21, 2008 On that given afternoon in December last year, a stroll down Medellin, Colombia's center provided a glimpse of how the city once referred to as "the murder capital of the world" has managed to lift itself up from the ruins of its beleaguered past [...]
February 22, 2008
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Spectacular Bird Reserve in Colombia Opens to Tourists
Fundación ProAves, American Bird Conservancy, and Conservation International have inaugurated the El Dorado Bird Reserve in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range of northern Colombia. The area boasts the highest concentration of continental range-restricted bird species in the world, with 21 endemics such as the Santa Marta Parakeet and Santa Marta Antpitta found [...]
February 8, 2008
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Chavez becomes an unlikely key person in Colombia kidnappings
By Nelson Alcantara | Jan 15, 2008 (eTN) – It is Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, not officials from Colombia, who is reaping praises for speaking against last Sunday's kidnapping of tourists in a remote Pacific Ocean island in Colombia.
January 15, 2008
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UNWTO ‘celebrates' its seventeenth General Assembly as tourism becomes Colombia's ‘passion'
By Nelson Alcantara The United Nations World Tourism Organization is in the Colombian coastal city of Cartagena to hold its seventeenth General Assembly. Cartagena, Colombia (eTN) – Various members of governments from around the world are meeting here in the Colombian coastal city of Cartagena de Indias this week to participate in the seventeenth General [...]
November 27, 2007
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Tango-lovers drive Buenos Aires tourism
thetimes.co.za/etn The Argentinian capital is riding high on a tourist boom – one that relies in part on two new kinds of visitors: tango students, and gays. BUENOS AIRES – It wasn't that long ago the air in Buenos Aires was heavy with anguish prompted by a collapsing national economy. Now, it seems the breeze [...]
October 30, 2007
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Aqua Expeditions Ventures into Remote Areas of Peruvian Amazon in Haute Luxury
The M/V Aqua, the Peruvian Amazon’s first truly luxury expedition vessel, will set off on its virgin voyage January 12, 2008 from the port city of Iquitos, Peru, to explore some of the more remote and pristine areas of the Amazon River and its tributaries. The M/V Aqua will cater to discriminating, adventurous travelers, and [...]
July 14, 2007
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Michael Luongo's The Voyeur and Looking for Love Canada Events in May
Writer Michael Luongo, known for his travel exploits around the globe, will read from and sign two of his latest books. Looking for Love in Faraway Places is a Haworth Press anthology of stories by gay men who fell in love around the world. Lively stories also detail the problems of US immigration and gay [...]
May 5, 2007
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