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Located approximately 150 kilometers north of Puerto Natales, the capital of the province of Ultima Esperanza, the Torres del Paine National Park is part of the National System of Protected Areas of the State of Chile.

It is one of the largest natural areas and the third trans-Andean country as regards the number of visitors, most of whom are foreigners from Europe. Treasure of the Chilean Patagonia, also borders the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares in Argentina travel.

Valleys, mountains, lakes, rivers and glaciers represent the magic of this site, created May 13, 1959 and declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1978. Its main attractions are the Cerro Paine, the Horns of Paine Paine River, the lakes Grey, Pehoé and Nordenskjöld, and Grey and Tyndall glaciers, for the extension, called the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.

Technically, the Torres del Paine is described as a set of large blocks of granite, plutonic rock composed of quartz, feldspar (mineral constituents of igneous rocks, down from the cooling and solidification) and mica, other kind of mineral. By the way, the three towers have over 2500 meters.

The first stop promotional Provincial Tourism ‘Costa del Sol’ in Eastern Europe has been in Poland. The president of the institution, Salvador Banner, accompanied by the manager, Ana Gomez, have performed several meetings in Warsaw with tour operators, representatives of the specialized media, authorities and other tourism stakeholders with the objective of giving priority know our destination.

One of the major professional meetings has been the luncheon organized by the Tourist Board in the capital of Poland, which was attended by 31 industry players, including thirteen were from media journalists specialized in tourism and a dozen tour operators and wholesalers, among which Rainbow Tours, Summer else and Heckerman, in addition to the presence of Spain’s ambassador to Poland, Francisco Fernandez Fabre gas and director of the Spanish Tourist Office, Roué Gonzalez.

Before the luncheon, representatives of the Board have met with the country’s largest tour operators, who have shown their satisfaction and interest in our destination. Most of them made it clear that in its programming to the Costa del Sol have expanded the number of locations, including other provincial cities such as Marbella and Stepson, in addition to the traditional and Torremolinos and Benalmadena. On the other hand, expressed interest in extending the summer season in the spring, this initiative coincided with the interests of the hospitality industry in the province of Malaga.

For its part, the Board proposed to the representatives of wholesalers has been aimed at promoting the implementation of a direct charter flight to Malaga during the winter season.

In addition, discussions have been held for conference sales on the Costa del Sol, which participate in about 300 travel agents, who would develop different sessions, in addition to directly, know our destination. This meeting is scheduled to be held in December to raise awareness of our moderate temperature in this period and the diversity of our winter supply.

For his part, Salvador Banner, in his speech made a tour of the main attractions of the Costa del Sol, stressing “the modernity of their infrastructure, with the new terminal at Manchester Airport, with direct flights to Poland, in addition to the AVE and improvements of its roads.”

In this regard, he noted the importance of the “bundle money for the infrastructure of the Costa del Sol, destination safety and hospitality and friendliness of the people.”

Provincial President of the Board praised the Costa del Sol as a top holiday destination, making it an important factor to attract tourists. “A Costal de Sol in which, according to Salvador Banner, you can take the sun for nine months a year and play golf almost every day, along with cruise tourism, conventions, health and beauty, etc.. ” Salvador Banner At this point referred to the temperature difference between the two countries, noting that “while we are today in Warsaw to 15 degrees below zero in Malaga at the same time can enjoy 20 degrees.”

The National Agreement on Tourism, which left its mark on this day Veracruz in the National Palace, it would increase sustainable economic development in this industry without chimneys, as well as employment generation, which will raise the welfare of its people, the governor hoped Javier Duarte Ochoa.

To attend the signing of the document, called by the president Felipe Calderón at the National Palace, said Ochoa Duarte Veracruz adds to this great deal, in which, without doubt, the Veracruz will have better tools for welfare and progress, to be considered tourism as a fundamental public policy.

This industry without smokestacks tourism is to be triggered in all regions of Veracruz and must diversify to benefit those who depend on this activity directly or indirectly, the president said Veracruz.

Supported the statements of President Calderón to the effect that tourism is key to promoting balanced regional development, especially as sustainable development, “because many of the poorest communities in the country are, paradoxically, in the most beautiful and richest Mexico’s natural resources. “

Javier Duarte Ochoa acknowledged that there are regions in the state where tourism is the only or most important source of income for their families, hence the importance of tourism as a policy priority, as it is a fundamental activity to boost growth and raise living standards of families.

During his visit to Chicly, Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Eduardo Ferreira’s, announced that “Mocha Route” will become the second tourist destination in Peru, as the government has driven this project also includes the La Liberated region .

This route frames a full path to the archeological sites, museums and beaches, which will make pleasant the stay of tourists, whose investment amounts to billion soles.

It also provides for the improvement of complex, piers and other tourist routes begin bear fruit in three years, which should improve the security system in both regions.

For this we have invested 7 million soles in the purchase of equipment, units and other equipment to improve the work of police members in the coming months and will install the “Network for Tourist Safety and Security.”

International tourism recovered more than expected in 2010 as announced on Monday in america. International tourist arrivals grew nearly 7% to 935000000 that after 4% decline recorded for 2009, the year the most severe global economic downturn.

The vast majority of destinations around the world presented a positive number, which managed to offset recent losses or closer to this goal. However, the recovery came at different rates, driven primarily by emerging economies.

“The recovery in international tourism is good news, especially for developing countries that depend on the sector for income generation and employment,” said UNWTO Secretary-General Tale Raffia. “Now the challenge will be to consolidate this growth in coming years amid an uncertain global economic environment.”

“Tourism has once again proven to be a highly resilient sector. However, we have to work harder and better towards greater integration and cooperation among all stakeholders in the tourism value chain to increase our competitiveness and respond more effectively to challenges, such as those that emerged from the close of European airspace in April, “said Raffia

According to World Tourism Barometer World Tourism Organization. International tourist arrivals increased 6.7% compared to 2009, with growth in all regions of the world. The number of arrivals reached 935 million, exceeding the figure of 58 million 22 million 2009 and 2008 peak level before the crisis (913 million).

While all the regions recorded growth in international arrivals, emerging economies remain the main drivers of this performance. This recovery at two speeds, lower in the advanced economies (+5%) and faster in the emerging (+8%), is a reflection of the global economic situation and dominate the 2011 and the near future.