{"id":17694,"date":"2019-04-02T12:42:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T04:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=17694"},"modified":"2019-04-02T12:42:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T04:42:53","slug":"peru-tourism-generated-us4-895-billion-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=17694","title":{"rendered":"Peru: Tourism generated US$4.895 billion in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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LIMA, <\/strong>April 2 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peru’s inbound tourism generated US$4.895 billion in revenue in 2018, thus increasing 7% compared to the previous year, privately-run Foreign Trade Society (ComexPeru) has informed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, the\u00a0Inca country welcomed 4.4 million foreign tourists<\/a>\u00a0last year, a 9.6% rise compared to 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The majority of visitors came from Chile and the\u00a0United States<\/a>. Together, they accounted for 50% of the total.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likewise, Peru is the fourth nation that receives the largest number of international sightseers after Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It should be noted that eight of the ten main origin countries, of travelers who come to Peru, are Latin American,” ComexPeru expressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In line with growth rates, the number of lodging establishments in the country \u2014by December 2018\u2014 reached 22,157 (+0.4%).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, ComexPeru pointed out 117 tourist sites, museums, and protected areas have been identified at\u00a0national\u00a0level. Plus, the majority of these attractions are located in Lima,\u00a0Cusco<\/a>,\u00a0Lambayeque<\/a>, and Puno regions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“However, in accordance with the number of visitors,\u00a0Cusco region<\/a>\u00a0is at the forefront, with 4.3 million in 2018, followed by the tourist sites in Lima (3.5 million),\u00a0Ica<\/a>\u00a0(0.69 million), San Martin (0.68 million), and\u00a0Arequipa<\/a>\u00a0(0.55 million),” it said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, the most visited places in Peru \u2014outside\u00a0Lima City<\/a>\u2014 are the historical sanctuary and Inca citadel of\u00a0Machu Picchu<\/a>, Moray Archaeological Complex (Cusco region<\/a>),\u00a0Paracas National Reserve<\/a>\u00a0(Ica region),\u00a0Huascaran National Park<\/a>\u00a0(Ancash region), and the San Mateo Thermal Baths (San Martin region).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our diversity is a gift, but taking advantage of it in a way that generates growth and well-being for the population is a pending task,” the guild concluded.\u00a0— NNN-ANDINA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LIMA, April 2 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peru’s inbound tourism generated US$4.895 billion in revenue in 2018, thus increasing 7% compared to the previous year, privately-run Foreign Trade Society (ComexPeru) has informed. According to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, the\u00a0Inca country welcomed 4.4 million foreign tourists\u00a0last year, a 9.6% rise compared to 2017.\u00a0 The majority […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17694"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}