Tourism-related sales in Cusco were up 143% in 2014 totaling more than US$140,000 and benefiting 225 families, informed Peru’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Magali Silva. Silva said her portfolio assisted, among others, agricultural, agribusiness, fishing producers and artisans to achieve sales of S/.452,000 (about US$146,991) in 2014, a 143% surge compared to the […]
Cusco city was the meeting point for more than 200 tourism professionals and tour guides offering tour services at Manu National Park, who took part in a workshop for environmental interpreters. Organized by the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp), the meeting was aimed at consolidating nature tourism development in protected […]
Over 1.312 million domestic and foreign tourists visited the Southern Arequipa region in 2014. The rate is 4% higher compared to 2013’s visit rate. Alfredo Venero, Head of the Foreign Trade and Tourism Board Arequipa regional government, said the tourism growth in this region was “what had been expected.” The arrival of national tourists was […]
Tourism sector in Peru is one of the main engines which foster development across the nation’s inner regions by creating thousands of jobs each year, the National Chamber of Tourism’s (Canatur) President, Jorge Jochamowitz, has announced. Speaking at a conference dedicated to World Tourism Day (WTD) celebrations held on Saturday, he stressed that continuing works […]
