Mexico is the second destination for health tourism in the world, with the arrival of more than 1 million foreigners a year looking for some kind of treatment. 

The new curb on dollar transfers is driving the tourism sector to implement new measures that could make trips abroad for Argentines more expensive, sources in the sector warned. 

Ecuador launched an effort with the theme “emotions don’t have a price.” 

The Jesuit Square Shopping Center in Ciudad del Este, the tourist port of Presidente Franco, and improvements to the Museum of Itaipú are among the attractions being developed in Paraguay’s “tourist region.” 

Spending by Brazilian tourists on international trips is way down.  

Tayrona National Park will be closed to tourists in November due to ongoing drought and indigenous inhabitants’ complaints about tourists. 

Santa Ana de los Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca, “thanks to the vigor of its people and its natural endowments,” has become one of the most “important and modern” cities in Ecuador. 

A new generation of tour operators in Acapulco is not familiar with foreign tourists, given that Acapulco is now known as the city with the highest homicide rate in Mexico.  This image has dramatically thinned the crowds of foreign visitors to the once popular beach resort. 

Uruguay continues to strengthen its commitment to alternative tourism products, such as tours for Spanish language students, and packages aimed at the LGBTI community. 

Escalating crime in the Caribbean is renewing debate about its effects on the millions of cruise ship passengers who visit the region each year.