Chile to create route through wilderness for tourism

Mount Fitz Roy in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina, which is part of the Patagonian region.

Chile is launching a huge scenic route through its Patagonian wilderness in a bid to attract tourism and highlight the need for conservationism in the sparsely-populated region.

The Patagonian “Route of Parks” connects 17 national parks covering 11.5 million hectares (28.4 million acres), an area three times the size of Switzerland.