Shuttle service for guests at hotels of four and five stars, will be held by private companies. These units replace the hotels that will cease operations from February 20. For private companies to operate from the beginning of operations of the New Quito International Airport (NQIA) , must have a provisional license. This will be until the units pass the regularization of tourist transport, you must follow this type of service. Read Article
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A retired Canadian military member was detained at Mariscal Sucre International Airport for transporting eight kilos of cocaine, reported extra.ec. The illegal drugs were located in her two suitcases. Drug dogs smelled the contraband. The drugs were wrapped in packing tape and foil. The suspect is Gol Ding Clarrissa May (sic?), age 52, listed as […]
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TOURIST DIES OF APPARENT HEART ATTACK WHILE CLIMBING CHIMBORAZO VOLCANO Ralf Wüstneck a tourist from Germany died suddenly on February 4, 2013 while climbing Chimborazo Volcano. Apparently the hiker suffered a heart attack according to asturiasmundial.com. He had been part of a group of seven tourists along with mountain guides that began their ascent via […]
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Eluniverso.com rpoert…..those old times come to Quito, to make arrangements or meetings and return the same day by air could be done with the new airport in Tababela, which will start operating on 20 this month. The time it will take to move the valley northeast of the city of Quito set the agenda for […]
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The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed the second death from dengue hemorrhagic fever (called serious by the authorities) in the country, after obtaining at 13:00 last Tuesday, the results of the laboratory examination of Santiago manabita Cagua Estacio, of 49 years. The victim was from Bahía de Caráquez. Read Article
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As reported by peruthisweek.com, “Close to two-dozen grenades were found on a tourism bus near the border with Ecuador, according to local newspaper Peru21.” Read Article
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Eluniverso.com reported that the number of traffic accidents decreased during the last year in Ecuador, although deaths from this cause increased by 4.7% compared with 2011. Juan Ruales, National Director of Traffic Control and Road Safety, said yesterday that while in 2011 there were 15,751 traffic accidents on the roads, in 2012 the figure stood […]
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Victims ask authorities to investigate employees of Trans Esmeraldas / Robbery took place at bus terminal Eluniverso.com reported two Italian citizens reported the theft of cameras and computer inside of a transport bus on their way to the province of Esmeraldas. The affected Paola identified as Nicole Irene Margaret Greysen Bolognes and denounced the prosecution […]
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Galapagos Islands – Ecuador German tourist Dirk Bender has been convicted of animal trafficking in a Quito court where he was accused of altering the ecosystem. The defendant could receive from two to four years in prison. Dirk Bender attempted to smuggle four iguanas from the Galapagos in July of 2013. Read Article
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Six Russian tourists have died and two others were injured tonight when upsetting the snowmobile that slid on a track Cermis forbidden mountain in the Alps, located in the Trentino-Alto Adige, in northern Italy. The wounded and the dead bodies have been rescued by the police from the town of Cavalese, where the ski resort, […]
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