Adventure Associates Newsletter http://www.adventure-associates.com en Website News THU, 17 May 2012 11:47:00 -0500 THU, 17 May 2012 11:47:00 -0500 info@adventure-associates.com (Webmaster) Copyright 2009 Adventure Associates http://www.adventure-associates.com/images/logo_main.gif www.adventure-associates.com http://www.adventure-associates.com140 40 Adventure Associates: South America and Galapagos Tour Operator Since 1974. Plan your South America trips, Galapagos cruises, luxury tours, sailing and more. Chile prepares for a booming tourism winter season this year http://www.adventure-associates.com/page_content.asp?id_page=773 http://www.adventure-associates.com/page_content.asp?id_page=773 News A combination of favorable weather systems and a boom on infrastructure spending is shaping the ground for Chile to see its tourism biggest winter season ever before, on this 2012. With the Andean country already boasting a reputation as the one with the best ski resorts in Latin America; this year is shaping up as the time for Chile’s ski resorts to be recognized as the best in the entire Southern Hemisphere. Brazil is the fastest growing tourism economy in Latin America http://www.adventure-associates.com/page_content.asp?id_page=761 http://www.adventure-associates.com/page_content.asp?id_page=761 News Brazil has been for decades one of the leading tourism and travel destinations in South America. Ahead of two major sports events which will boost travelling into the lively South American country, the World Soccer Tournament in 2014 and the World Olympic Games in 2016; Brazil is now making headlines due to the phenomenal growth of its tourism and travel sectors and the stunning impacts this is having on the nation’s economy. Peru will be the starting point for the famous dakar rally, 2013 edition http://www.adventure-associates.com/page_content.asp?id_page=757 http://www.adventure-associates.com/page_content.asp?id_page=757 News Peru will have a fantastic opportunity to be under the spotlight, at a worldwide level, when the world’s most famous off-road race, the Dakar Rally, begins in Lima, the historic capital of the country, a new edition of its thrilling adventure, followed by millions of viewers around the globe, on January 5 of 2013. Chile received over 1.2 million foreign visitors in fist quarter of 2012, while short travel film is nominated for international award http://www.adventure-associates.com/page_content.asp?id_page=755 http://www.adventure-associates.com/page_content.asp?id_page=755 News Keeping up with a notorious trend for Chile, and for much of South America, the reports at the end of the first quarter of 2012 show a significant increase in tourism arrivals to the Chilean territory. National statistics, recently announced by Chile’s Undersecretary of Tourism, Jacqueline Plass, registered 1.2 million foreign arrivals in the first three months of this year, with a 14% increase over the same period in 2011. Of that total figure, a stunning half a million Argentine tourists literarily “invaded” Chile, much to the content of the receptive country’s authorities and travel services’ suppliers. "Journey to Chachapoyas: Into the warriors of the clouds" from Adventure Associates named one of National Geographic traveler's "50 Tours of a lifetime" for 2012 http://www.adventure-associates.com/page_content.asp?id_page=753 http://www.adventure-associates.com/page_content.asp?id_page=753 News There is so much culture and adventure to experience in Peru, why not direct your clients to the best? Adventure Associates, the Dallas-based, South American-inspired adventure travel operator, has just the thing: “Journey to Chachapoyas: Into the Warriors of the Clouds,” recently named one of “50 Tours of a Lifetime” for 2012 by National Geographic Traveler. It’s the third year running that an Adventure Associates tour has made one of the industry’s most-coveted rankings.