Guayaquil Airport named best airport Latin America and the Caribbean for service - 2009-09-22
Airports Council International (ACI) announced the top performing airports in 2008 in accordance to an Airport Service Quality Survey conducted on 200.000 passengers.

Eight annual whale- watching festival innagurated in Santa Elena - 2009-07-02
The Ministry of Tourism of Ecuador, in close coordination with local authorities, launched over the weekend the Eight Annual Whale Watching Festival in Santa Elena.