Monday, March 28, 2016

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.

Source: Portal de turismo.

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Wednesday, March 09, 2016

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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