Peru claimed vacation capital of South America for British holidaymakers

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A major British tour operator has named Peru as the go-to country of choice for UK holidaymakers looking to travel to South America.

With 1310 bookings throughout the continent between 2011 and 2016, the travel company has revealed that 52 percent of those bookings are solely for Peru.

Even with the Summer Olympics taking place in Brazil last year, the Andean country managed to outsell one of the worldโ€™s sportiest, with 43 holidays booked against 53 respectively in 2016.

On May 8 it was announced that Peruโ€™s tourism revenues had totalled $4.303 billion during 2016, representing an increase of 3.9% from the previous year.

With 4.6 million foreign tourists visiting the country in 2016, the total shows an accumulated growth of 40 per cent since 2012 according to the Lima Chamber of Commerce.

It was also revealed that the most southerly regions in the country made up 85 per cent of foreign visits by the Ministry of Foreign Commerce and Tourism in July.

Both Lake Titicaca and Machu Picchu are located in the southern regions of Peru, with each enjoying millions of visitors every year.

A table of bookings throughout South America can be seen below:

Countries Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Peru

Booking Total 117 63 271 83 12 80 684

Percentage 9% 5% 21% 6% 1% 6% 52%

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