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.

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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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