Peru featured among NatGeo Traveller’s top 5 destinations for 2017

17:16. Lima, Dec. 2. Peru has been named as the fifth must-see destination for 2017 by the UK edition of leading travel magazine National Geographic Traveller, Peru’s Exports and Tourism Promotion Board (PromPeru) announced.

The Andean nation is featured in The Cool List: 17 for 2017, the magazine’s annual list of places you can’t miss in the coming year. Selected by a team of NatGeo Traveller’s writers, the list appears in the January/February edition of the magazine.

The list also includes off-radar Irish Donegal, hipster hotspot Portland and artistic Dusseldorf, to name a few, according to Pat Riddell, National Geographic Traveller (UK) editor. 

This way, The Cool List adds to the considerable recognition gained by Peru in the UK this year: British Airways launched a direct London-to-Lima flight last May and BBC’s The Travel Show aired two episodes on Peruvian Kuelap Fortress and Yumbilla Waterfalls in October.

Likewise, Choquequirao (Cusco region) topped Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2017 Top Regions list, one of the world's most prestigious destinations rankings. 

The British ranking highlights Peruvian pre-Incan fortress Kuelap, soon to facilitate access through a cable-car, as well as Lima’s “burgeoning food” and “blossoming” hotel scene. 

NatGeo’s The Cool List 2017 top 5 spots were taken by Donegal (Ireland), Santiago (Chile), Helsinki (Finland), Greenland and Peru.

Source: Andina from Peru to the World

Peru, region's preferred destination for tourism investment

17:23. Lima, Sep. 27. Peru is the most attractive destination for tourism investment in the region, and its status is strengthened by the government’s announcement of doubling the number of international visitors by 2021.

“Of coursePeru is attractive, and even more now with all the announcements made, as they are spread by the media and read by investors,” he told Andina news agency.

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has pledged to increase the number of tourists twofold to 7 million by 2021. Remarks were made on the occasion of World Tourism Day at a ceremony held at the Government Palace in the presence of sector’s investors.

“It’s our turn [the private sector] to get to work; one thing is infrastructure investment, but we now need tourism plant, which encompasses hotels, restaurants, means of transportation, guides, in brief, anything that complements ports, airports and roads,” he said.

The private sector should introduce new services and products and unblock air connectivity investments so as to accomplish the goal of 7 million tourists by the bicentennial.

“We must innovate and be able to attract more people, we have to unlock the airport [second landing strip] project, which is one of our bottlenecks,” Gamarra noted.

He went on to add the Andean nation's hotel industry also arouses interest of foreign investors, and that President Kuczynski’s announcement provides a good framework for private investment.

For instance, North America, South America, and Europe-based firms have expressed interest in the hotel sector.

Source: Andina from Peru to The World

Peru named South America's leading culinary destination in 2016

Lima, Jul. 2. For the fifth consecutive year, Peru has been named South America's Leading Culinary Destination by the World Travel Awards (WTA), heralded by many media as the 'Oscars of the travel industry,' Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Magali Silva announced on Saturday.

Silva underlined the awards given to Lima (as South America's Leading Meetings & Conference Destination) and Peru's Exports and Tourism Promotion Board—PromPeru (as South America's Leading Tourist Board).

“These awards belong to all Peruvians, because this is a result of the hard work in the wide productive chain hand-in-hand with private sectors. Our cuisine’s prestige remains solid and has undergone consolidation. Our promotion efforts are recognized and our leadership in meeting and conference tourism has been confirmed,” she said.

This prize, which honors Peruvian food, adds to the award for Central restaurant —owned by chef Virgilio Martinez and that held its position at No. 4 in the list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants— the 13th place of Mido —owned by chef Mitsuharu Tsumura— and the 30th spot of Astrid & Gaston in the same ranking.

As for the election of Lima as leading meetings & conference destination in the region, it confirms the sustained work carried out by her sector to attract events and improve infrastructure.

Hosted by Lima, Peru, the World Travel Awards Latin America Gala Ceremony saw hundreds of leaders from across the hospitality industry, and was held at Swissôtel Lima, which took the prizes for Latin America’s Leading Hotel and Latin America’s Leading Business Hotel.

About World Travel Awards

World Travel Awards celebrates its 23rd anniversary this year and is acknowledged across the globe as the ultimate travel accolade.

Attended by senior executives from major travel companies, operators, destinations, WTA events are universally respected as providing established, top level networking opportunities, regionally and globally.

The brand aims to celebrate those organizations that push the boundaries of industry excellence.


Source: Editora Peru - Andna

Machu Picchu nature's beauty showcased

Cusco (Cusco region), Jul. 7. Comprised in the set of celebrations for Machu Picchu's 35th Anniversary, State-run National Service of Natural Protected Areas (Sernanp) opened the "Nature Alive" photo exhibit in the Imperial City.

The event hosts a representative exhibition of biological wildlife hosted in the natural protected area.

The historical sanctuary shelters vast natural diversity and is refuge to threatened fauna and flora varieties, highly relevant to science.

The exhibit showcases images of the extraordinary biodiversity found in the area, composed of 75 mammal species, such as spectacled bears, white-tailed deer and river otters.

As is known, the site is also home to 443 bird varieties accounting for 23.1% of Peruvian birdlife; 16 amphibian species, 4 of which are currently in danger; as well as 25 reptile and 365 butterfly types.

The event presents animals found across the Inca Road Network and Machu Picchu LLaqta.

It will run until July 15th at Banco de La Nacion's El Quijote Museum located on El Sol Ave. Cusco.

Source: Editora Peru - Andina

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Machu Picchu tourism increased 25% to 3,100 visits a day

The tourist flow to Machu Picchu rose by 25% over the last three months of the year, from 2,500 to 3,100 daily visitors allowed on average. In this way the current carrying capacity is exceeded to date.

In this regard, the head of the Archaeological Park of Machu Picchu, Fernando Astete said that this increase has been the problems of insecurity in Europe and other parts of the world. "Foreigners will prefer destinations in South America and especially in Cusco" he said.

The official explained that to prevent the massive income generated strong pressure in the citadel is still being distributed to tourists on the three routes within the Inca complex: urban, mountain Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu mountain and Intipunku (zone entry Inca Trail).

He added that it will help tourism services not collapse when in operation Chinchero International Airport, which will double the number of visitors. They are alternatives to be evaluated in Espiritupampa sites in Vilcabamba, Choquequirao in Santa Teresa, among other resorts.

Source: Portal de Turismo.

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Machu Picchu first list of 25 places world's most popular TripAdvisor

The Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu has been chosen in the top of the list of the 25 most popular places of interest in the awards World TripAdvisor's Travellers' Choice Awards 2016, revealed today.

"We are proud to report that our wonder of the world has received the votes of millions of digital users of TripAdvisor, winning first place in the list of the 25 most popular places in the world interest. Machu Picchu won in preference to other tourist attractions world-class as the Mosque Sheikh Zayed of the United Arab Emirates, the temple Angkor Wat in Cambodia and St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, "said Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Magali Silva.

Because of the significance of the news, international media such as the Daily Mail UK, the Malay Mail Online Malaysia and La Repubblica of Italy highlighted the historical, natural and cultural importance of the Inca citadel.

TripAdvisor is the site of the world's largest travel with 340 million unique monthly visitors and over 320 million views and comments on more than 4.9 million accommodations, restaurants and attractions.

The top ten list of the 25 most popular places of interest of the world complete the Taj Mahal (India), the Mosque of Cordoba (Spain), the Church of the Savior on Blood (Russia), Alhambra (Spain ), the Reflecting pool from the Lincoln Memorial (United States) and Doumo Milan (Italy).

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The first direct flight of British Airways landing in Lima after 31 years

The BA 2239 flight landed in Lima at 19:32 hours in Lima's Jorge Chavez airport and was welcomed with a simple ceremony by a delegation of PromPeru, which included a presentation of national dances, welcoming passengers. The plane, a Boeing 777, departed on time from London Gatwick Airport and is scheduled three initial weekly frequencies, which are then converted into two a week. It was learned that Martin Morales Peruvian chef has created a special menu with Peruvian flavors and the rest of Latin America to be served on the flight for a month. 

The aircraft has 48 seats in Club World Business Class, 24 economically superior and 203 in economy standard. For his part, Carlos Lopez, president of SKAL, said: "How nice that after 31 years of absence, has returned British Airways, of which I was CEO for 20 years until he joined with Iberia and signed the third airline the world's largest, BA Congratulations my dear. "

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Train from Cusco to Puno among the most spectacular travel the world

The Lonely Planet magazine compiled a list of the nine most spectacular train trips around the world, which included the railway route linking the cities of Cusco and Puno, in the southern region of Peru.

"This train makes a 10-hour journey between Cusco and Puno on Lake Titicaca. Cusco presents a unique combination of colonial and religious splendor built on the solid foundation stone of the Incas. The high altitude at which is located the lake ensures an exceptionally pure air, sunlight bathes the Andean highlands and shines in the deep waters of Titicaca, "says the publication in an article posted on its website. 

The list of famous travel guide includes courses on the train Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe in South Africa; Copper Canyon in Mexico; Rocky Mountaineer in Canada; and the Devil's Nose in Ecuador.

Also listed Orient Express train Venice-Simplon; the Coast Starlight in the United States; and Old Patagonian Express in Argentina.

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It is increased by 25% tourist flow in the Colca Valley and Arequipa

During the first quarter of this year the Colca Valley, located in Arequipa, received 52,701 tourists, including domestic and foreign, exceeding by more than 25 percent over the same period of 2015, said the manager of the Autonomous Authority of Colca Mr. Dennis Salazar.

The tourist influx during the first three months of the year also brought significant income to the Autocolca, an entity that manages the tourist ticket that is paid to enter this natural and tourist center of the Arequipa region.

According to figures from Autocolca, tourists from Lima, Trujillo, Cusco, Puno, Tacna, Moquegua and abroad are most interested in the Colca Valley and take advantage of the long holidays to visit.

The Colca Valley is located in the province of Caylloma, four hours from the city of Arequipa. In the area visitors can enjoy the natural beauty, colonial architecture, as well as the customs and culture of its people.

Source: Portal de Turismo.

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Cusco among the 10 most beautiful colonial cities of America

Cusco (Peru) on the list of the 10 most beautiful colonial cities in America, compiled by the supplement El Viajero of the Spanish newspaper El Pais. Other notable cities are Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), San Miguel de Allende (Mexico), Antigua (Guatemala), Quito (Ecuador), among others.

The publication reports that Cusco was the capital of the Inca empire and one of the most important cities in the Viceroyalty of Peru. "In both events faced drinks his story, which mixes beautiful buildings from the period of Spanish rule with impressive remains of pre-Columbian civilization, as the stones of Sacsayhuaman. It is also the gateway to the stunning Machu Picchu, the Inca jewel ", it says.

The country also indicates that the altitude of Cusco (3,300 mts.) produces a strange feeling in the visitor which increases the spell of its streets. The city is World Heritage since 1983 and there who calls the Rome of America for the number of monuments treasured, "said the Spanish publication.

Source: Portal de Turismo.

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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow visit Cusco and share photos next to her children

American actress Gwyneth Paltrow continues to visit the tourist attractions of the city of Cusco, Peru, accompanied by young children Apple and Moses, fruits of his relationship with singer Chris Martin. So it was announced a few days ago through their social networks.

As part of his tour of the imperial city, Gwyneth Paltrow could not miss one of the wonders of the world, the Inca citadel of Macchu Pichu.

Through Instagram account, Gwyneth Paltrow shared a picture you took of Machu Picchu from the top of a classic gazebo where tourists often photographed.

The rise to social network image that immediately generated reactions of their millions of fans and has already exceeded 24 thousand "likes".

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Cusco is among the top 25 destinations for 2016, according to TripAdvisor

"The Travellers' Choice Destination Awards recognize the world's most beloved tourist sites," said Barbara Messing, chief marketing officer for TripAdvisor.The popular travel portal TripAdvisor announced the winners of the Travelers' Choice 2016 awards for the most popular destinations in the world, which recognizes the 25 favorite places chosen by the millions of travelers who make their online community.

Cusco (Peru) is located at position 22 of the ranking, accompanying Buenos Aires (Argentina) ranked 17th and Playa del Carmen (Mexico) ranked 19th, only three Latin American destinations listed in the list.

"The Inca and Andean Baroque splendor are side by side on the stone streets of Cusco, represented by the palace Coricancha and the church of Santo Domingo flanking the Plaza de Armas. In this melting pot of high heights of Amerindian and mestizo culture, find extraordinary textiles, lively summer festivals and archaeological wonders", TripAdvisor says in his description of the Imperial City.

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Ica expects receive more than 800,000 tourists during the Harvest Festival 2016

Ica is projected receive more than 800,000 tourists from home and abroad, during celebrations of the 51 th International Harvest Festival, which began on March 4 and will last until March 13, said the regional director of Tourism Julio Valenzuela.

This influx of visitors represent an increase of 10 to 15 percent over last year, noting that this improvement is positioning has achieved national Ica as the second tourist destination after the Cusco region.

He stressed that in the framework of the celebration of the 51 th International Festival of the Harvest began the nineteenth Route wineries 2016, organized by the Regional Government of Ica, through the Regional Directorate of Foreign Trade, Tourism and Handicrafts occurred.

Source: Portal de turismo.

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Peru is been promoting as destination in the public transport of Vienna

A promotional video about Machu Picchu and Peru brand was displayed, from 9 to 13 February, on 739 screens in the main metro stations, buses, trains and trams in Vienna as part of the strategy of Tourism the Embassy of Peru in Austria.

At a rate of 7 minutes per day, and during those dates, Viennese and visitors in this city appreciated the "Peru: land of hidden treasures" campaign. It is estimated that during the days of the broadcast, the video reached three and a half million visual contacts.

The initiative aimed to position Peru as a preferred destination and safe for the Austrian economy, whereas national interest coincide with their preferences for nature, history and adventure. It is hoped that this campaign will help increase the growing tendency of Austrian travelers to our country.

The development of the video had the support of PromPeru and was conceived for presentation at the public transport system, which is used by hundreds of thousands of users daily. Austria receives about 27 million tourists annually.

Source: Portal de tursimo.

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Discover more about the Carnival of Cajamarca

Cajamarca Carnival is one that meets every year tourists attracted by the beauty of the landscape and the city of Cajamarca and colorful entertainment activities including contests, dances and tours through the streets.

Cajamarca Carnival began on January 23rd. with a series of activities for the Carnival of Cajamarca  one of the most joyous and colorful Peru, which this year expects to gather more than 60,000 people between residents of the region and Peruvian visitors and foreigners.

The central celebration is Monday 16 with the traditional 'Big carnival corso' and the parade of about 4,000 people around. 52 are enrolled delegations representing settlements, villages, neighborhoods and the organization is in charge of the Board of Carnival of Cajamarca  They will participate in patrols and composed of young people, with colorful costumes, dance to the sound of music and in front of audiences will enjoy the show troupes.

Stand, according to the official program 2016, the election of Miss Carnival Festival Urpo, Competition Comparsas Patrol and the Grand Carnival Corso and the wake and burial of  "Ñon Carnavalon".

Source: TVPeru.

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Arequipa receives over one million tourists in 2015

One million and 296.272 tourists from home and abroad arrived to the Arequipa region interested in knowing their interest and develop business on the last year, the regional management of Foreign Trade and Tourism.

Based on these figures we can see that tourists who arrived in Arequipa last year is higher than that obtained in 2014. The year ended were 214.271 foreign tourists who arrived in the Arequipa region.

This distinction has allowed more people in the world are interested to know the customs of the Colca Valley, the main tourist attraction of the region and the city of Arequipa.

By 2016 the authorities of the regional management of foreign trade and tourism expect the numbers will increase due to the work of tourism promotion started months ago and recent international events held in the city as the Congress of World Heritage Cities, Mining Convention and others.

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New route from Machu Picchu will inaugurated in May

Next May will be delivered and enter into operation the new route out of tourists from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, work which will relieve the current point of entry and exit.

The ramp that has been adapting over stone walls located at the bottom of the enclosure, parallel to the platform access to Machu Picchu, and it recorded an increase of 30%.

"This way out will have approximately 98 linear meters, will be adapted to the topography and mimetizará with the natural landscape, as it has been reforested the area with tree seedlings, shrubs and own environmental herbs," said HolderThe Decentralized Directorate of Culture of Cusco, Daniel Maraví.

Additionally wooden rails, a waterproof roof and floor of compacted clay will be placed. "This work will show it to the technical mission of UNESCO will be in Cusco and Machu Picchu the last week of January," the official culture.

Source: Portaldeturismo

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Chachapoyas airport is ready to receive direct flights from Lima

The Airports of Peru concessionaire (ADP) this year expects to commercial flights to the airport in Chachapoyas, in the Amazon region. Therefore, it has so far invested US$ 4.65 million to improve the infrastructure of the terminal located in northeastern of Peru.

"We have worked such as paving the parking lot, the entrance porch, the refurbishment of the passenger terminal, fire station, the perimeter road and pavement maintenance of runways, among other works," said Evans Avendaño, CEO of ADP.

He said they have also acquired X-ray machines, scales, luggage cars, loud speaker systems and flight information screens. Chachapoyas is 100 percent operative to receive commercial flights. The idea is to connect dealer directly Lima to Chachapoyas, which would make any operation profitable.

Source: El Comercio.

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