26/11/2012 | Argentina

Tourists spend $817 million during long weekend

Almost a million people went away for the long weekend in the country, spending close to $817.4 million pesos, according to a report by the Argentine Confederation of the Medium Sized Business (CAME).

05/10/2012 | Argentina

Foreign tourism drops 5.2% in August

The amount of tourists that arrived in Argentina during August increased 5.2 percent compared to the same month of 2011 and totalled 200,904 people, according to a government report.

08/10/2012 | Argentina

Protest, dense fog delay tourists' return from long weekend

Traffic was intense as tourists returned from different vacations spots at the end of the three day weekend, and was delayed by some demonstrations and dense fog.

24/11/2012 | Argentina

Long weekend causes heavy traffic on roads

Nearly a million people are expected to travel over the three-day weekend. The National Highway Security Agency (ANSV) said that over 2500 cars travelled down Route 2 towards Mar del Plata and other sea-side resorts early today.

05/07/2012 | Argentina

Foreign tourism drops 4.7% in May

The amount of tourists that arrived in Argentina during May dropped 4.7 percent compared to the same month in 2011 and totalled 196,681 people, according to the Indec national statistics bureau.

06/09/2012 | Argentina

Foreign tourism drops 7.5% in July

The amount of tourists that arrived in Argentina during July dropped 7.5 percent compared to the same month in 2011, and totalled 215,511 people, while the Argentine citizens that travelled abroad climbed 20.2 percent, according to a government report.

24/09/2012 | Argentina

Intense traffic as tourists return from long weekend

25/05/2012 | Argentina

Thousands of tourists leave the City as long weekend begins

Thousands of tourists fled the City en route to the Atlantic seaside as the long weekend began on Friday on account of the 25 de Mayo celebration.

27/05/2012 | Argentina

Over 1.2 million tourists traveled during long weekend

Over the long weekend an estimated 1.2 million people traveled around the country, spending an estimate 1.05 billion pesos, according to a report by the Argentine Chamber of the Medium-sized Company (CAME).

05/06/2012 | Argentina

Foreign tourism drops 5.6% in April

The amount of tourists that arrived in Argentina during April dropped 5.6 percent compared to the same month of 2011 and totalled 221,652 people, according to a government report.

28/01/2012 | Argentina

Traffic delays along motorways as touristic changeover begins

Traffic delays were noted on the main route connecting seaside towns to the Capital, the Buenos Aires-La Plata motorway, with at least 1,100 cars were travelling along the route per hour.

04/03/2012 | Argentina

Urtubey vows to investigate Salta tourists rape case

Amidst a scandal that includes the firing of a minister over his controversial statements, Salta governor Juan Manuel Urtubey vowed to personally look into a case involving two foreign tourist who claim were sexually assaulted. Salta is also the place where two French women were raped and killed last year.

07/05/2012 | Argentina

Foreign tourism drops 1.3% in March

The amount of tourists that arrived in Argentina during March dropped 1.3 percent compared to the same month in 2011, and totalled 234,330 people, while the Argentine citizens that travelled abroad climbed 13.2 percent, according to a government report.

26/08/2011 | Argentina

Police carry out tourist crime re-enactment in Salta

Three of the main suspects of the double murder of the French tourists in La Quebrada de San Lorenzo in Salta, argued between them during the re-enactment of the crime. One of them admitted that one of the victims had been sexually abused.

27/08/2011 | Argentina

Salta murder case: three people released from custody

Three people previously arrested in connection to the double-murder in Salta in July were released today. María Fernanda Cañizares, Walter Lasi and Raúl Sarmiento were set free last night by the judge in charge of the case, Martín Pérez, court sources informed.

06/10/2011 | Argentina

Suspects in French tourists double murder case 'show psychotic behaviour'

At least two of the three suspects currently under arrest in connection to the murder of two French tourists in the Salta province last July, show signs of “psychotic, fabulist” behaviour, police authorities indicated.

06/08/2011 | Argentina

Police find weapon used in Salta murders, seven detained

The police found the weapon which was used to kill the two French tourists, Houria Moummi and Cassandre Bouvier, in Salta province, and detained other two suspects, judicial sources reported.

12/08/2011 | Argentina

Experts confirm when the French tourists were killed

Expert's released a report on the bodies of the French tourists Cassandre Bouvier and Houria Moumni that indicated both of them were killed 13 or 14 days before they were found, last July 29 in the zone of El Mirador, Salta province.

23/08/2011 | Argentina

Two men charged of cover-up in French tourists crime case

Two men were charged of cover-up in the case that investigates the crime of the two French tourists in Salta province, the judicial spokesman Marcelo Báez reported.

02/08/2011 | Argentina

Salta: New suspect arrested over double murder

A man was arrested in connection with the double murder case in Salta, where two French tourists were killed in the area of la Quebrada San Lorenzo last Friday, a Salta official informed.

04/08/2011 | Argentina

Salta: French tourists' family members visit crime scene

The family members of the French tourists who were murdered in Salta, were taken to the scene where the bodies were found, accompanied by the judge in charge of the case.

05/08/2011 | Argentina

Salta killings: Family members travel to BA to receive caskets

The parents of Hournia Moumni and Cassandre Bouvier left Salta province Friday morning and arrived in Buenos Aires where they received the funeral caskets of the women, sent to the capital on a separate flight. A funeral service was held last night for the victims.

29/01/2011 | Argentina

Tourism boom: 3.2 million vehicles expected on roads over weekend

The touristic changeover for the summer holidays began on Friday as the traffic flow built up along the motorways, while the Metropolitan airport filled up as Retiro central bus station. Authorities reported that they expect “about 3 million, two hundred thousand cars on motorway routes” over the weekend.

25/02/2011 | Argentina

Rock fall kills four tourists in La Rioja province

Four people died last night when a large boulder rock fell on their car as they were driving through a storm.

30/07/2011 | Argentina

Two French tourists found dead in Salta

Two female tourists on holiday in the northern province of Salta were found dead today along a private touristic trek in Quebrada de Villa San Lorenzo, police officers said. It was reported that both French women were shot dead while hiking, and that one had been raped.

31/01/2011 | World

Governments and firms evacuating tourists from Egypt

Governments and tour operators took steps to pull their nationals out of Egypt on chartered or scheduled flights as protesters pressed their campaign to topple President Hosni Mubarak.

02/03/2012 | Multimedia

Ice blocks begin breaking off Perito Moreno glacier

Local officials informed that the break away process started on Wednesday. Curious tourists and media gathered at the Los Glaciares National Park’s skywalks to witness the grand falling of ice chunks and blocks off the famous glacier.