International air traffic of passengers flew up a strong 10.8 percent in October compared to the same month a year ago, the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) informed this week.
The Montreal-based organization also reported a staggering 16.9 percent increase in the first ten months of 2004.
After two weeks of dead heat searches, there´s still no clue leading to the whereabouts of an American citizen and a British tourist who were reported missing while they were climbing the 1,394-meter-high volcano that overlooks the Great Nicaraguan Lake, in the southeastern part of the country.
The Nicaragua Army called off search operations Sunday, giving up all hopes of finding American Jordan Ressler, 23, and British citizen Nicholas Roth, 28, alive. The two men vanished on November 17 while clambering the Maderas Volcano on Ometepe Island, some 65 miles south of Managua.
The Andean Community (AC) will embark on the advertisement of youth tourism in an effort to capture the hearts of some 33 million youngsters (27 percent of the total population) in the region, AC Chairman Richard Moss said this week.
Mr. Moss pointed out both the AC and the Andean Tourism Authorities Committee are bent on advancing projects and activities linked to the development of youth tourism.
Turkish Airlines has just opened an Istanbul-Havana route with high-tech Airbus 340-400 jetliners, Magdiel de la Rosa of Cubatur told Caribbean News Digital.
Istmar Tourism, Turkey’s number-one tour operator, is the creator of this brand-new connection. “Turkish sunbathers are increasingly drawn to Cuba’s sun-and-sand choices, let alone the possibility of getting in touch with the island nation’s history and cultural values.
His Highness Prince Albert of Monaco was the guest of honor to the grand opening of The Links, Aruba’s new golf course in Divi Village Golf & Beach Resort.
The celebration served as a perfect setting for the presentation of a donation to the Laureus Sport For Good Foundation, an institution the Prince has fully supported for quite some time.
In the face of rampant crime against foreign tourists, authorities in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro have announced a plan aimed at securing visitors who have begun to come to this city for the summertime season.
As many as 1,200 police officers will be on the beat around the burg’s main sightseeing spots in an effort to effectively foil attacks against travelers, said Marcelo Itagiba, interim secretary of public security in the state of Rio de Janeiro.