Lima, Peru | Saturday 21 November 2009 19:37 | | |
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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.
Over 2,000 people will participate of the EcoAventura Peru 2009 marathon to be held tomorrow and the day after, and will have as scenario the native Andean forests of Pacobamba (Apurimac), reported Ricardo Castillo, president of KNK Producciones, company organizer of the event.
Peru's protected areas generate more than US $150 million dollars in tourism revenues each year, and it is expected that this number could double during the next years if a responsible management of the ecosystem is encouraged, in order to give a better quality of life to local peoples, said the Environment Minister Antonio Brack.
Peru´s Foreign Trade and Tourism Ministry (Mincetur) reported today that Bolivia and Ecuador were the most-booked international destinations among Peruvian tourists in the Latin American Andean region, with a record of 151,377 and 75,937 tourists each, according to Enrique Garrido Lecca, a representative from Mincetur.
“Almost 30% of the tourists that arrive in Peru take part in activities of rural tourism,” said Roger Valencia, the Director of Auqui Mountain Spirit E.I.R.L., during his lecture in the tourism congress “Tourism Growth Based on Competition and Sustainability.”
Peruvian Deputy Minister of Tourism, Pablo López de Romaña, announced that the authorities are evaluating the possibility of starting night tours to Machu Picchu, which would come into effect sometime between next December and April 2010.
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