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probando Thousands attended Inti Raymi ceremony at Sacsayhuaman.

Thousands of Peruvian and foreign tourists attended Thursday the ancient Inti Raymi ceremony held at Cusco's Sacsayhuaman Fortress in honour of the Sun God. As every June 24, crowds of Cusco-born people and visitors took to the Andean city's streets for the main day topping off the week-long Inti Raymi festival. The Festival of the Sun began in front of Santo Domingo Church, built over the Koricancha temple, and then continued in a procession to the ancient fortress of Sacsayhuaman. The...

probando Some 150,000 tourists to enjoy Inti Raymi in Cusco.

Some 150,000 local and foreign tourists will attend the Inti Raymi ceremony to be held on June 24 in Cusco, the general manager of Cusco’s Festivities Municipal Enterprise (Emufec) Miguel Zamora said Tuesday. This is the number of people that have paid for a sit to enjoy this festivity, though some other people rather climb a little mountain near the esplanade of Sacsahuayman to appreciate the staging. Zamora said that reservations for a sit to watch the Inti Raymi have reached 78 percent,...

probando Promperu hopes to boost tourism during long holiday weekend.

Peru’s Export and Tourism Promotion Board (Promperu) is encouraging public and private sector workers to spend the long holiday weekend of June 26-29 visiting the wealth of tourist attractions in the country's 25 regions. Thousands of vehicles are expected to flood Peruvian roads on Saturday June 26, which marks the beginning of a four-day long weekend, offering people a great opportunity to tour spectacular attractions and historic sites across the country. Monday June 28 and Tuesday June...

probando Peru’s tourist attractions to be promoted in Japan and England.

Peru’s Export and Tourism Promotion Board (Promperú) will promote the country's main tourist destinations during a couple of events to be held in Japan and England next month. Promperú's representative Liz Chuecas will travel to Japan to attend an event called Puerta a Puerta y Capacitación en Casa (Door to Door and Training at Home). The tourism promotion event will take place in the Japanese cities of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya from July 5 to 8. Promperú will also send two officials, Mar...

probando Peru: Outbound tourists up by 6.4%.

Peru's National Statistics Institute (INEI) said Friday that the number of foreign tourists visiting the country in April this year was 201,543, a 6.4 percent rise compared to the same month last year. This result was mainly explained by the entry of aliens through the border post of Santa Rosa between Tacna and Arica, and offsets the decline in tourist arrivals reported by the Immigration Department at Jorge Chavez International Airport. According to the technical report “Evolucion del Mo...
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