South America is a continent or subcontinent or the southern part of America. The continent is located entirely within the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. It is bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean. Central America, the region to the south of North America, and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest.
The countries of South America are: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Suriname, Paraguay, Guyana, Ecuador and Bolivia.
The main types of tourism
I) beach tourism
1 / Features:
- Focus on some poles coastlines. very punctual
- Recent Resorts and quality accommodation, modern.
- Sports activities: diving, fishing,
- Development in relation to climate.
2 / The main sites, resorts:
North Coast Caribbean
Colombia: Cartajena beach Boca Grande
Venezuela: Puerto la Cruz + Margarita Island (German customers)
Atlantic Coast:
Brazil: Bay Rio (Copa Cabana)
Northeast of the country: from Bahia Ita Parica, Recife, Fortaleza.
Uruguay: Punta del Este, Atlantida, Carrasco (Argentine customers)
Argentina: Boenos Aires to Mar del Plata
Pacific Coast:
Chile: San Tiago La Isla Negra, El Quisco.
Valparaiso Vina del Mar, Lajuna Verde Renaca (very chic, luxury)
II) Cultural tourism
Many websites inaccessible, political reasons (Colombia) or geographical (ethnic tourism in the Amazon).
Themed tours:
• Inca site in Peru: Inca Route: Machu Picchu & Cuzco (former Inca capital)
• Circuit colonial cities: Brazil: Salvador, ... 16th century architecture.
• Unesco cities: Bolivia: Potosi, at 4000 m above sea level, is enriched in the 17th century thanks to the silver mines / old capital Sucre / Quito, Ecuador / Olinda, Brazil.
• Celebrations / carnival Rio, Salvador, Recife, in February / Cayenne in French Guiana. Dance, music, Capoeira, Samba, Salsa, Chacha, Tango (Argentina) ...
Points of Interest:
Easter Island: Giant statue restored as destroyed in battle.
Different countries face in international traffic: flights.
Need to protect this heritage, damage ...
Today, legislation + + increased border control information to the public & the people who devalued heritage.
III) Cruises
Sea cruises:
Atlantic Coast:
Stops Rio, Buenos Aires,
Ushuaia:
Cape adorns
Pacific Ocean: Galapagos Islands (albatrosses, turtles)
River cruises:
Amazon River, Manaus & tributaries.
Cruise adventure:
River in Venezuela: The Orinoco
IV) Sport tourism
Survival Training: Amazon, Guyana.
Raids in all-terrain vehicle:
- Brazil, "The Trans-".
- From Alaska to Cape Orn "Pan American Highway"
Patagonia riding steppe pastures.
Trekking: in the Andes, Argentina, Park glaciers.
ski:
Chile: Vale Nevado
Portillo (Olympic 1956)
La Parva
Argentina: Bariloche
Pirogue Amazon.
V) The exceptional natural sites
Brazil: Iguazu Falls
Venezuela: Salto del Angel, waterfalls, forest lowland Amazonian
Peru and Bolivia: Lake Titicaca Isla del Sol + (mid-lake), Inca sacred site.
Bolivia: Desert Salar (salt =).
Chile: Atacama Desert: salt & + the major copper mines in the open.
The Andes: Higher:
- Aconcagua 6950 m
Argentina Peninsula Valdes? Boat trips:
Whales, seals, sea lions, flocks of rheas (ostrich cousin).
VI) Tourism Business
The Venezuela: Caracas, (oil).
Brazil: Rio, Sao Paulo.
Argentina: Buenos Aires.
