South America Tourism

SANTIAGO .- With a record attendance of nearly 400 business men and women in the hotel industry and the

world of investing in different countries, opened the Summit of South American Hotel & Tourism Investment, SAHIC 2011.
The opening was attended by Jacqueline Plass, Undersecretary

of Tourism, Alvaro Castilla, National Director of Sernatur, Arturo Garcia Rosas, President of HVS SAHIC and South America and Chairman Steve Rushmore, President and Founder of HVS Global Hospitality Services.
As indicated by the Undersecretary of Tourism “for us is very important that takes place in Chile SAHIC because the Government has put a special focus on the development of this industry, for which they have raised the following objectives: to transform the tourism industry in the third the country, increasing to 6% its stake in the national GDP, generate 200 000 jobs in a decade and reach 4 million foreign tourists annually visit Chile. ”
During the meeting presentations were made on Panorama Hotel Business World and in this context the situation that this industry records at South American level. In this regard, in its submission to the interested audience, Arturo Rosas Garcia noted the great opportunity for the concert tour in South America as a whole, this region can be integrated into the top ten

destinations in the world ranking of international tourist arrivals.
According to preliminary data of the UNWTO, World Tourism Organization, in so far in 2011-America is the fastest growing region in the world in terms of international arrivals, tripling the global growth of 4.5% to reach 15% and develop at a rate of 50% over 2010.
This positive scenario that accounts for the consolidation of South America as the new global leader in international tourist arrivals growth was discussed by Garcia Rosas, stating that “a future in the region is waiting for us, our job is to take those opportunities and make Tourism is big business. Everything is in our region, we can not lose the opportunity. ”

Nationals Parks in Patagonia Argentina

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Argentina wants to join the trend to long walks and to this end has announced the creation of trekking “Huella Andina,” which will link the National Park Lanin, Nahuel Huapi, The Myrtles, Lake Pueloand The Larches, through a path 560 km.

The trail will have its inception in alumina and exploiting old ways, will tour from north to south through the mountains of Neuquén, Chubut and Black River, finishing in Trevelin. Along the way, also passes from one end to the “Patagonian Andean Ecological Corridor”, declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.

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The major objective of the project is to attract visitors to respect the environment and promote sustainable tourism as a development tool. The Secretary of Tourism of Black River, Miguel Carignano, said: “From the town we are working for some time in the enhancement of the activity, so for us it is an incomparable resource, particularly bearing in mind that will attracttourists around the world. ”

Tags: National Parks in Argentina. Travel to Argentina information. Patagonia trekking and excursions.

Travel to Colonia official web site:
Colombia.travel, the official tourism site of the South American country, has added panoramic photographs and fun facts that enable a better understanding of the target before he travel while complementing other details such as information on where to go, what to do, data practical, blogs and multimedia files.

Colombia.travel advises potential travelers to visit the website before visiting the destination, “because a country like Colombia, with coasts on both oceans (Atlantic and Pacific) and is the most biodiverse in the world per square mile has much to offer travelers before, during and after your trip, “he said in a statement.

Colombia.travel now has a gallery of images in 360 degrees, which are places like Santa Marta, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Narino, Amazonas, Cartagena de Indias and the Coffee, declared World Heritage by UNESCO recently.

More information to Travel to Colombia

Together with this new section, the official tourism website offers sections? Why do Colombia, Useful Information, Media and Community.

“Where To Go” provides information on the main tourist destinations in Colombia: Amazonas, Barranquilla, Bogotá, Boyacá, Cali and Valle del Cauca, Huila, Medellin, Antioquia, Pacific, Providencia and Santa Catalina, San Andres, Santa Marta, Santander and The Coffee (which also just launched its own site, which the user about the culture of one of the premier companies in Colombia: Coffee.

“Guide” provides detailed information on the tourist wealth of the country, divided into products for different types of travelers, adventure tourism, sun and beach, nature, green tourism, history and tradition, golf, hotels in style and thematic tours, such as coffee, García Márquez routes or sauce.

When to Travel to Colombia
“Colombia” provides general information of Internet users in the country, the main national symbols, such as orchid, Colombia’s main flower, which has made the country the second largest in the world in exports of flowers, and cumbia, the pace traditional to move the hips to all who visit.

“Practical Information” provides tips to help organize your trip before, during and leave the country. In addition, this information is supplemented with a personalized flyer through twitter, chat and online community.

Information to Travel to Colombia
“Multimedia” includes a complete photo gallery, audio, video, virtual tours, screensavers and wallpapers that bring the user to the most exciting reality of a country like Colombia.

Finally, “Community” allows the user to see, through blogs, each one of the most enigmatic places in Colombia and its traditions, like the desert of La Guajira, the work of silleteros or Nuquí, “one of the secrets best kept in the Colombian Pacific. “