DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Iquitos has debuted as the latest addition to the growing portfolio of DoubleTree by Hilton.The 71-room full-service hotel is located just minutes from the Cathedral of Iquitos, the Iron House and the Cohen House.Overlooking the Amazon…
Tourism in Chile reported a slight decrease in the numbers of guests. According to Hoteleros de Chile, the decrease in the hotel occupancy rate in January of up to 5% is the result of fewer Argentinian tourists, the departure of…
Over the years we’ve run a few stories on the regions around Salta and Jujay provinces in northern Argentina. This is a wild landscape that’s far different than the better-known, more frequently visited parts of the country to the south….
Glaciers, rivers, streams, volcanoes, lakes, caverns, and waterfalls accompany the way to Puerto Tranquilo, in the Aysén region of Chile. Lake General Carrera, also known as Lake Buenos Aires, is the second largest in South America, with an area of…
Argentina is hardly a model of economic success. Formerly one of the world’s richest nations, decades of mismanagement and corruption have made it an example of how not to manage oil, farmland, the middle classes, government, just about anything.This wouldn’t…
During the Rio Carnival of 2018 taking place between 9th and 19th of February many tourists who come to enjoy the ‘Marvelous City’ may wonder if visiting some of the poorest neighborhoods will be possible without being at risk. While…
According to the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism, 400 thousand foreign tourists arrived in the country during the recent Carnival period, injecting R$ 11.4 billion into the economy, in addition to 10.7 million national tourists. The president of the national tourist…
In 2017, the hotel occupancy rate in Colombia reached 56.3%, the highest percentage since 2004, according to the data provided by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE). The occupancy rate last year exceeded the 55.7% with which it closed…
I write a monthly LGBT travel column in Global Traveler Magazine. For my most recent entry, I focused on LGBT tours around the world. But I found so many great gay tours of Latin America that I had plenty left…
When you look at the shore excursion or day tour options on the internet for the capital of Panama, they’re quite limited. You’d be forgiven for thinking that all there is to do in Panama City is visit the canal,…
