International Coalition of Tourism Partners supports Smart Visa
The International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) today expressed its strong support for the ministerial initiative of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia to create a common smart visa regime.
Peru, Colombia and Ecuador sign letter of intent
LIMA, Peru - Gathered today in Lima at the World Economic Forum’s Travel & Tourism Summit, ministers of tourism and government representatives from the tourism sector of Peru, Colombia, and ...
award-winning travel specialist offers tours for the family
Responding to increasing demand for family-oriented experiences in Peru, Aracari Travel [ http://www.aracari.com/ ] has ...
Travel & Tourism to Peru may be in danger after possible kidnapping
By eTN and wire input
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. The American couple that had gone missing in Peru has been found safe, Peru's Ministry of Tourism and Commerce told CNN Tuesday.
Tourism To Peru
LIMA, Peru - Peru should exceed this year its foreign tourist target of three million this year, stated the Peruvian Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Jose Luis Silva, while stressing that ...
Tourism To Peru
LIMA, Peru - The Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) has predicted that Peru will receive ten million tourists by 2020, potentially making the ...
Earthquake In Peru
LIMA, Peru - A magnitude 5.2 earthquake shook Peru's tourist region of Cusco, home to the Inca site Machu Picchu, though there were no immediate reports of damage, seismologists said Sunday.
Peru Tourism
LIMA, Peru - Peru is aiming to attract 6 million tourists by 2016, according to Carlos Canales, head of the National Chamber of Tourism.
Inca Sanctuary of Pachacamac
LIMA, Peru - Peru has opened up a tourist attraction in which hikers view a site that held an oracle consulted by Incan leaders pondering big decisions such as whether to go to war.
Something as commonplace as food has become a powerful and positive agent for change
WASHINGTON, DC — With Washington DC’s first Cebiche & Pisco Party, held at the Inter-American Development Bank, Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, along with PromPeru and the ...
Two US climbers found dead in Peru
LIMA, Peru - The bodies of two American climbers who perished on their way down from Peruvian peak in mid-July have been found by the searchers .
Rescue teams in Peru working to recover bodies of 14 people
Rescue teams in Peru were working to recover the bodies of 14 people who died when a helicopter crashed last week in a remote, mountainous area, police said Sunday.
Peru to Become 2012's Hottest Holiday Destination
LONDON, England - Peru is set to become one of the most popular destinations of 2012 as tourists from around the world flock to sample the delights of this exotic country and its excellent tourist ...
Manu National Park
A curious little boy from a previously unrecorded Indian tribe peers tentatively from the bushes to catch what was most probably his first every glimpse of outsiders.
Peru Tourism
LIMA, Peru - The Lima Chamber of Commerce (CCL) said on Thursday that it expected the number of tourists visiting Peru to rise between 12 and 14 percent in 2012, as a result of more visitors from ...
PROMPERÚ MOVES UP THE RANKS IN THE 2011-2012
LIMA, Peru – PromPerú, the Peru Export and Tourism Promotion Board, recently announced that the FutureBrand 2011-2012 Country Brand Index has indicated that Peru has moved up three spots to ...
Peru hit by 6.9-magnitude quake
LIMA, Peru - 134 homes were destroyed and 103 people were injured during a 6.9-magnitude quake just off the central coast, Peruvian officials said on Saturday.
No tsunami warning issued
At 1854 UTC on Friday, October 28, 2011, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook Peru. The center of the quake was located 32 miles SSW of the town of Ica, and 178 miles SSE of the capital of Lima.
Machu Picchu
Peru's extravagant celebrations of the centenary of the rediscovery of Machu Picchu descended into farce this week, after a bureaucratic wrangle that saw hundreds of tourists from around the world ...
"I was in Machu Picchu" Photo Contest
LIMA, Peru - Tourists all around the world will be able to return all-expenses paid to the Incan citadel by participating in the photography contest named "I was in Machu Picchu" until July 31. ...
Westin Lima Hotel & Convention Center
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Accelerating its global portfolio growth, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Tourism Peru
Peru advanced five spots in the 2011 World Economic Forum’s ranking of competitiveness in the travel and tourism industry, moving from 74th place in 2009 to 69th this year among a total of 129 ...
Machu Picchu Artifacts To Be Returned To Peru
After nearly 100 years, a large collection of artifacts from Machu Picchu will be returned to Peru.
Tourism Health Threat
Peru Health Minister Oscar Ugarte says authorities are screening sugar and fish meal exports from the Ascope province, located about 325 miles (520 kms) northwest of Lima.
Peru
MACHU PICCHU, Peru — Tourists returned to the Machu Picchu temples in Peru which was closed for two months after deadly storms destroyed the main access to the site.
Cusco Pone Tourism Campaign
Lima - Peru’s Foreign Trade and Tourism Ministry is considering to extend the campaign “Cusco Pone” until April given the successful results registered since it was launched last week, to ...
Machu Picchu Reopens In April
By Alex Emery
Peru’s government plans to reopen the Machu Picchu citadel to tourists on April 1 as floodwaters recede from the 15th-century Inca ruins, the Andean country’s Trade and Tourism Minister Martin ...
Peru Tourism
Peru's government is cutting air fares and hotel rates hoping to draw tourists to the Incan city of Cuzco even though the country's top tourist destination, the nearby Machu Picchu fortress, ...
Machu Picchu Rail Repairs
By John Quigley
Peru’s government will help repair the privately owned rail line that takes tourists to the Machu Picchu ruins in a bid to limit economic losses for the country that could reach $800 ...
Machu Picchu Closed To Tourists
The fabled Inca site of Machu Picchu will be closed to tourists for at least three weeks – and shut off from all but the hardiest of visitors for almost two months – as Peruvian authorities ...
