The Ministry of Industry and Tourism, through the Department of Tourism and National Parks Administration (APN), announced the new price of the tickets to the Iguazu National Park, which will apply from January 6, 2010.

The increase, defined by Resolution No. 011/09, modified the categories, values and right to access the Argentine park, located on the border between Brazil and Argentina, and he shares with his brother, the Iguaçu National Park, the famous Niagara . The Brazilian has already announced an increase of their incomes to be concluded on December 8.

Currently the largest value of entry to the park (foreigners, excluding Mercosur) costs 60 pesos, or $ 27. With the increase in the value rises to 85 pesos, about $ 39.

As for the residents of the Mercosur countries: Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, except Argentina, the ticket will cost 45 pesos (U.S. $ 20). Children 6 to 12 years living in these countries, U.S. $ 11.4, and foreign non-residents $ 20.

The ordinance also provides a number of discount and free access to residents surrounding the park Argentine, retirees, people with disabilities and pensioners.

Source: H2foz

Golf is definitely one of the main tourist attractions on the Three Nation Border. The sport, whether in official competitions or just as a pastime, enhances the offerings of hotels and resorts in Foz do Iguaçu and the Paraguayan cities of Hernandárias and Minga Guazú.

In the heavenly setting of the Land of the Waterfalls, three beautiful golf courses are integrated to the landscape: Bourbon Iguassu Golf Club & Resort, in Foz do Iguaçu; Cascada Golf Resort & Spa, in Minga Guazú; and the Golf Club of the Paraná Country Club, in Hernandárias.

The golf courses on the Three Nation Border, both with an 18-hole circuit, have the advantage of being set on expansive green areas. Each has its own exclusive features. They differ in terms of the terrain difficulties, wind action, type of grass, and location of trees and lakes. In all of them, golfers are allowed to play without being required to join the club or be introduced by a club member.

In Brazil, the sport has been attracting an increasing number of players. According to the Brazilian Golf Federation (CBG), despite the small number of people practicing the sport, such number has grown considerably over the past few years, going from 3,000 to more than 25,000 in the country.

Known as an elite sport, golf generates about US$ 20 billion a year in the US, a figure that encouraged hotel groups and the CBG to create the National Bureau of Tourism Golf. One of the initiatives is the circuit Visit Brazil Playing Golf, which selects one course in the country every month. Recently, the program stopped by Bourbon Iguassu Golf Club & Resort.

Photo: Embratur

Source: Portal H2FOZ

The month of November brings another holiday, the 15th (Sunday) is the anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Brazil, and San Martin Hotel & Resort in Foz do Iguaçu, PR, promotion offers Sweet November.

Valid until the 30th of this month, the promotion features special rates and discounted rates including breakfast, $ 90 single room, $ 150 double room, $ 180 triple, R $ 215 four times, and $ 250 conjugate in the standard category (only single beds).

The higher category, the daily cost $ 114 single room, $ 180 double, U.S. $ 215 triple, $ 250 four times and $ 285 conjugate.

Children under six years with parents, earn free hosting. And the hotel also has special programming for recreation every day for adults and children, all who want to enjoy the best holiday Proclamation.

Information by phone toll free 0800 45 1221 or 45 3529 8200.

Source: H2foz

This week, the ABIH presented to the hotel in Iguassu Falls, a computerized system for analyzing the performance marketing in the industry.

The system called “Core Competitive” is an online tool that will allow managers to monitor hosting companies, Internet, the performance of occupancy and average daily market place, diagnose their own performance and develop strategies to optimize profits.

According to Mauro hotel Sebastiany, Regional Head ABIH west of Paraná, with the system each participating hotel at the Center will determine your performance relative to competitors through analysis of data in that basket competitive hospitality industry.

“The system gives the hotels a position to compare with the competition, consider whether you are practicing the best rates and learn how your hotel is actually earning per room sold, enable the management to act swiftly and consistently. – Says Sebastiany.

The new tool can be used by hosting companies small, medium and large. The presentation took place on 5, the seat of SINDHOTEISFOZ.

 

Source: ABIH News

The park hotel in Iguassu Falls began this month, the 8th edition of the Campaign “Hotelier of the Day”, celebrated on November 9.

 

The campaign was launched by the National ABIH and occurs simultaneously in several Brazilian cities, with the goal of uniting the hotel in the development of social actions.

 

In Foz do Iguaçu, the campaign is held annually through a partnership between the ABIH western region of Paraná and the Rotary Club Iguassu Falls , in order to sensitize the local community to take good care of the center and receive the tourists. Its goal is public, students from 3rd grade public elementary schools in the municipal school.

 

Since the beginning of the month, Rotary volunteers visit schools to do presentations in the classroom. On days 9, 10 and 11 November, students will be visiting hotels in the city where they will be treated to a delicious breakfast and have a lot of fun playing games and games with teams from recreation hotels.

 

The campaign will close with a tender child of sentences to be promoted this month by the Rotary Club Falls, with prizes for the top finishers.

 

About 440 children from 13 local schools will participate in the campaign this year.

 

Source: ABIH News

The first white man to see the Iguazu Falls was the Spanish navigator Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1542.

Also responsible for the operation of Florida in the United States of America, Cabeza de Vaca discovered the falls by accident when looking for a way to take him to the Assumption.

The discoverer narrated the discovery in his diary: “The river gives heels for a huge cliffs and the water hits the ground with such force that very far away you hear the noise,” reported. Unfortunately, he had little time to watch the spectacle. His navigation was stopped and he had to cross the falls quickly, the bush for fear of being attacked by hostile Indians.

In the early 20th century, the Falls had one owner, the farmer Uruguayan Jesus Val, who boasted of having the falls in the backyard of his home. That quirk cost him dearly. The aviator Santos Dumont made a visit to the then Town Falls in 1916, and would be disgusted with the fact that natural beauty has owners. He left there promising steps and three months after the government expropriated the area.

In recognition, Dumont won a bronze statue in pride of place in the Iguaçu National Park, which would be created only in 1939.

Photo: Rico

Source: Portal h2foz 

Tourists and local residents have one more reason to enjoy the charms of the Falls Luau this weekend. The forecast of good weather and pleasant climate give more beauty to ride on full moon night. The event will be on Sunday, 1st November, and coincides with the eve of the holiday – which provides more peace to visitors of the National Park of Iguaçu.

By Carla Layane

The city of Bonito (MS – Brazil), won the 8th time the award for best destination for Ecotourism, Journal of Travel & Tourism Editora Abril.The award for Best Travel & Tourism, which began in 2001, is performed by voting via the Internet by the readers of the magazine. 

22 categories and 222 finalists from hotels, resorts, ecotourism destinations, airlines and operators in the running.

The event for the award ceremony was held at Morro da Urca, in Rio de Janeiro and was attended by the mayor Jose Arthur Soares de Figueiredo and the municipal secretary of tourism, Augusto Mariano Barbosa.

See the winners in the segment of Ecotourism:

1º Bonito
2º Brotas
3º Fernando de Noronha
4º Pantanal
5º Chapada Diamantina
6º Itacaré
7º Foz do Iuaçu
8ºManaus
9º Lençóis Maranhenses
10º Chapada dos Veadeiros

Photo: Tales Azzi

By Carla Layane

Iguassu Falls

Few things are so wonderful – and sometimes even frightening – to be admired as the phenomena of nature. They say the force of water, fire, wind, is something that surprises and brings us closer to our inner selves. True or not, the fact is that you feel the force of Niagara Falls – present in the Brazilian and Argentine – is very refreshing.

In Tupi-Guarani, the word “charter” means “big water”. Formed through a gap in the ground, the falls are about 70 meters high and 2,800 feet wide. In the rainy season, the sound of water can be heard miles away. The sound scary, but also charming.

The most popular with tourists is called Garganta del Diablo (background in photo above), in the deepest crevice of erosion of the falls, after a grid and rapid curve. The shape resembles a horseshoe.

Who does not want to just observe, but “feel” the force of the falls, you can make the traditional Macuco Safari. This is a ride that is done in-engine boats that take tourists up to about five meters from the Devil’s Throat. Another option – more daring – is the rafting. With a duration of about thirty minutes, the brave receive guidance to navigate the rapids and need not be experienced in sport.

Source: Terra

The campaign Iguassu Falls – Destination of World – completes  two years of participation in the 37th Brazilian Congress of Travel Agencies and Fair of the Americas – ABAV 2009 which runs from 21 to 23 October in Riocentro, Rio de Janeiro.

It was in 2007 that the partnership of Itaipu Dam, City of Foz do Iguassu Convention and Visitors Bureau, presented all printed material, videos and stand ecological destination for participants of the fair. After the release Iguassu Falls experienced an increase in visitation compared to other years. 

One of the thermometers that progress could be felt at the box office of the Iguazu National Park, home to the Iguazu Falls, with the entry of more than 1.154 mi of tourists in 2008.  

Source: H2Foz