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MACHU PICCHU AMONG BRITS' Machu Picchu, one of the new seven wonders of the world, ranks third after Iguazu Falls on the border between Argentina and Brazil and Angkor temple complex in Cambodia, according to The Guardian. The Grand Canyon in the US and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia complete the list in fourth and fifth place, respectively. In other awards, New Zealand took top place for the second consecutive year in the category covering Britons' favourite long-haul countries, while Switzerland was named the top European nation ahead of Norway and Austria. Sydney won the award for the most popular overseas city, while Cape Town jumped five places to second and New York came in third.
HOTEL INVESTMENT IN AREQUIPA TOTALLED The three and four star hotels were the ones that caught more private investment in the city of Arequipa, as well as the accomodations in the Colca Valley, which in recent years has become a tourist area with big tourist flow. The representative of the organization specialized in local tourism, said that the decision of the private sector to invest in the hotel business responds to the need of meeting the tourism demand in Arequipa, where the inflow of national and foreign visitors has grown considerably. Within this growth of hotel infrastructure investment are also hosting centers that have improved and expanded its facilities over the last year aiming to offer its occupants the best possible stay in the city, said the specialist. Besides the growth of tourism in Arequipa, the different international events taking place in the White City since last year have encouraged the private sector to invest in tourist infrastructure. Regarding the local tourism, Cuentas-Zavala noted that this has significantly increased, especially on the route to the Colca Valley, where the tourist inflow of people from Arequipa interested in this natural area grew 15% last year. Seasonal tourism (summer) towards the beaches of Camaná and Islay is another area that has grown by 20%, which also motivated the lodging houses and two-star hotels to open their doors this season to receive people.
ARRIVING BRAZILIAN TOURISTS Airlines flying between Peru and Brazil include Lan, Taca and Tam, including 29 direct flights from Sao Paulo and four from Rio de Janeiro to Lima; and from December 2, Taca will launch new direct flights between Porto Alegre and the Peruvian capital. In order to further promote tourism, Promperú and 20 Peruvian companies will attend the 37th edition of ABAV 2009, one of the biggest and most important tourism events in the Americas. Recognized by the industry as the principal commercial and communication forum of the sector, the Fair of the Americas gathers together exhibitors from the entire productive chain that provides support to tourism in the country.
About
25 thousand professionals visit the Fair, in a
unique environment where they can undertake
business with 1,000 exhibitors and around 50
foreign delegations from 35 countries, in
addition to updating oneself in the various
conferences of the 37th Brazilian Travel
Agencies Congress.
PERU, ECUADOR TO BOOST AIR After participating in the 3rd Binational Cabinet Meeting held on Piura, he said that Ecuadorian airline Tame will offer direct flights between Piura and Santa Rosa, in the Oro province, as a first destination to operate in the framework of this increased connectivity. Minister Perez said that the new regional airport of Santa Rosa will be inaugurated by this year-end, which will allow the operation of wide-range planes between the south of Ecuador and the northern part of Peru, treating them as domestic flights and thus lowering their prices. “Tame has confirmed their intention to do these flights and the idea is to treat them as national flights and lower their prices to promote tourism,” he told Andina. He said that currently there are 128,000 Ecuadorian tourists that go to Peru, compared to the 150 Peruvians who visit Ecuador.
PERU TO BOOST AIR CONNECTIVITY, FOREST “These will be the main issues Peru would propose for the agenda since countries are increasingly worried about the impact of global warming and climate change, not only in environmental but also in social and economic issues,” Vice Minister of Tourism Pablo Lopez de Romaña said. In relation to the balance of the 35th Tourism Working Group Meeting, held last week in Cusco, he pointed out that 12 member economies attended this event, and two economies invited, while 9 economies were unable to attend. “The first issue discussed in this meeting was Tourism and Handicrafts: Strategic Alliance by Peru, which attracted the interest of several economies, especially Japan,” he told Andina News Agency. Other issues discussed were Community Tourism Management by Malaysia, as well as Carbon Impressions: Answer to Climate Change in APEC Region by New Zealand.
PERUVIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND 17 500-YEAR-OLD
Cristobal Campana, Director of 110 Executing Unit, responsible for the restoration and conservation of the largest mud-built citadel in the world, said they found a total of 17 anthropomorphic wood statuettes, which are built on the ground and within a few vaulted niches in the sides of the ceremonial temple entrance. “We have found 20 vaulted niches, but only 17 statuettes. We believe that the missing 3 were removed by settlers before closing the temple,” he said. “This is the most important find in the last years and performed by Peruvian archaeologists in Chan Chan citadel. At present, 16 specialists are performing restoration works in situ,” he added. He pointed out that these statuettes may have been placed in this area between 1350 and 1400 A.D., period that belongs to the Chimu culture, largely developed in northern Peru.
LIMA STILL FAVORITE TO In the contest “¿A qué ciudad eliges?” (Which city do you choose?) Lima has received a total of 21,069 votes, while Bogota and Toronto have received 21,041 and 5,649 votes, respectively. The head of the Peruvian Sports Institute (IPD), Arturo Woodman, said that the National Stadium will be remodeled by August 2010. “The remodeling of the National Stadium will be ready next year, the important thing is that the initiative of President Alan Garcia has begun already. It is the government’s interest to host the Pan American Games. With the remodeling of the stadium we show our interest,” he noted. Woodman asked all Peruvians to support Lima’s bid to host this big sports event that would generate profits to Peru. The host city of the 2015 Pan Am Games will be announced on November 6 by the Pan-American Sports Organization (ODEPA) in the city of Mexico.
HOTELS IN CUSCO'S SACRED VALLEY Edwin Gonzalez, president of Cusco's Association of Hotels, Restaurants ans Related Businesses, said that this initiative was discussed during the "Campaign for Corporate Social Responsibility", organized for the third consecutive year by the hotels and inns in Cusco. Gonzalez pointed out that plastic bags last for hundreds of years before turning into small toxic particles. He warned that there is an excessive increase of plastic bags in the Sacred Valley and Cusco, which are mostly dumped into rivers and agricultural fields. "This idea is still a project: we need a work plan. But we will do our best to implement it," he said.
TOURIST ASSISTANCE She said that during 2008 IPeru offices, which are part of Peru's Export and Tourism Promotion Board (PromPeru) provided information to 25,402 tourists, and 27,794 tourists so far this year. Murguia said that tourists continued arriving in Arequipa despite the international problems such as the economic world crisis and the influenza AH1N1. The responsible for IPeru also highlighted that 52 percent of tourists that go to the IPeru offices are Peruvian (one percent is from Arequipa) and that 48 percent are foreign visitors. According to IPeru-Arequipa, tourists are between 25 and 44 years old and prefer three, four and five star-hotels.
UCAYALI PROMOTES LOCAL These new attractions include the “Santuario de las Garzas” (Herons Sanctuary), Ania and Tibe Lakes, Huarmicocha Lagoon and Cachuela waterfalls. Directur head Oscar Vasquez Alva said that a few days ago he went to the "three waterfalls" located in Santa Rosa town in La Divisoria province and recorded videos which he has uploaded on the Internet. "We went to Tibe Lake in Nueva Requema and Ania Lake in the area bordering Loreto, near Tirutan, it was an scenic landscape." “We are trying to promote little known attractions in Ucayali so as to increase the number of tourist arrivals,” the regional official said.
PERUVIAN CHEFS DELIVERED GASTRONOMIC The workshop, which took place at Oro Verde Hotel, located in the city of Machala (El Oro province), was aimed at 30 Ecuadorian chefs, who learned the preparation and technique of 20 traditional Peruvian dishes. The most requested dishes were traditional “Tacu Tacu” and “Lomo Saltado”. It should be noted that chefs who attended this event were chosen by the Tourism Department of this Ecuadorian region.
The Presidential
Meeting and the Third Binational Cabinet Meeting, which will be
held on October 22 in Piura (Peru), will also include a
Peruvian-Ecuadorian gastronomic fusion, in charge of 3
Ecuadorian chefs and specialists of the Peruvian gastronomy.
TWO IL DIVO MEMBERS TO SPEND FREE TIME Both Spanish baritone Carlos Marin and US tenor David Miller decided to come earlier to get settled in and experience tourism in the colonial city. Marin and Miller will arrive a day early, after a flight from the United States, to take advantage of their stay and explore some tourist attractions of our capital. The other two group members will arrive last Thursday in order to make the final arrangements to their concert at Jockey Club del Peru facilities. The “An Evening with Il Divo” tour started on February 21st in Manchester, UK, is a two-year tour which includes stops in over 150 countries in Europe, Latin America and South Africa. Because this is the first time they are visiting our country, a group of fans prepared a special welcome to the multinational operatic pop vocal group.
Il
Divo was created by music manager, executive,
and reality TV star Simon Cowell. Formed in the
United Kingdom, they are also signed to Cowell's
record label, Syco music. Il Divo is composed of
singers Carlos Marín, Urs Bühler, David Miller,
and Sébastien Izambard.
Nota del Director: Esta información está disponible en
el portal de noticias oficial de Perú, Andina, que desde hace pocas semanas
contiene valiosa información en inglés. Es el único portal que permite el
uso de sus noticias siempre que se consigne la fuente. Las noticias no han
sido editadas por T News, solo facilitadas para que la industria turística
puede compartirla con sus contactos internacionales. Muchas de ellas ya
fueron publicadas en castellano. Es un resumen semanal. Sólo en este caso, T
News tendrá especial cuidado que las noticias sean prioritariamente
convenientes a la imagen del país como destino de turistas y nuevas
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