Lima, Peru | Sunday 08 November 2009 04:27 | | |

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Due to the remarkable growth of tourism in Arequipa, the investment in hotel infrastructure amounted to US $30 million dollars in the last 3 years, according to José Carlos Cuentas–Zavala Rondón, Executive Director of the Program for Competition, Innovation and Development.
Authorities in the southern Peruvian region of Arequipa and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECI) have launched a community-based rural tourism project in the Andean town of Pinchollo, located in the spectacular Colca Valley.
The new company operating Cusco-Machu Picchu route offers an equivalent service to its competitor at a price of US $40 dollars, which is 33% cheaper, announced the president of Inca Rail Peru, Juan Alberto Forsyth, via RadioProgramas del Peru.
The Provincial Municipality of Trujillo has started a new touristic program, that aims to guide, free of charge, domestic and foreign tourists as well who wish to know the historical center of the city, which is the capital city of La Libertad region.
Peru's Hotels Society (SHP) will support the Cusco Andean Communities and also will promote community-based tourism programs, said its General Manager, Tibisay Monsalve Restrepo.
The president of Peru Hotels Society (SHP), José Koechlin, said that domestic tourism should be the base of receptive tourism.
According to El Comercio, the negotiations began in April of 2009. Inversiones Castelar, the operator of the commercial center Sur Plaza Boulevard (SPB) in the beach resort Asia, acquired in September of this year the license for the Spanish franchise París Dakart, which specializes in Go-Karts. Inversiones Castelar will invest close to US$1.5 million in the project.
Peruvian airport concessionaire Aeropuertos del Perú (ADP) submitted a project to expand Pisco airport (Ica region) to Peru's Transports and Communications Ministry, in accordance with Peru's legal regulations.
According to Peru.com, luxury tourism is still booming in Peru despite the international financial crisis, and the average daily per capita expenditure reaches up to $1,000.
Junin's Regional Directorate of Foreign Trade and Tourism reported that it is planning to invest more than 11 million soles by the year 2010 in the enhancement of Yanamarca's Valley archaeological and cultural heritage, and in the recovery of the historic area of the province of Jauja.
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