Living in Peru : your everyday companion

Living in Peru
Israel J. Ruiz

A 12.7 percent increase was registered in the number of Peruvians that returned to the Andean country in August 2008 when compared to the same month in 2007.

According to the country's National Statistics Institute (INEI), over 180,000 Peruvians returned to the country during this month.

The study dubbed "The Evolution and migratory movement of Peruvians" also revealed that between January and August 2008, 6.4 percent more Peruvians returned to their homeland than in the same period in 2007.

Of the citizens that returned, it was reported that 47 percent came from Chile, 14.5 percent from the United States, 6.5 percent from Ecuador, 6.1 percent from Bolivia, 4.1 percent from Colombia and 3.9 percent from Argentina among other nations.

50.5 percent of those that returned were men while 49.5 percent were women.

Other INEI studies revealed that more foreigners were visiting Peru as well.

Just under 220,000 foreigners came into the country in August 2008, an 11 percent increase when compared to the same month in 2007.

The majority of the foreigners came from Chile - 34.4 percent and from the United States - 24.2 percent.

The rest came from Ecuador (13.2%), Bolivia (11.5%), Spain (8.5%), and Colombia (5.8%) among other countries.