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probando Some 10,000 people taste giant Papa a la Huancaina

Huancayo - Perú, Jul. 30 Over 10,000 domestic and foreign people tasted the world’s biggest papa a la huancaina prepared under strict health regulations in Huancayo’s Business International Center of Junin on the occasion of Peru’s independence day. The event was organized by Provincial Municipality of Huancayo and prepared by 180 people including students and mother representing 87 Comedores Populares (soup kitchen) from Huancayo. The chef Juan Carlos Fernandez detailed that 3,000 kg of Yung...

probando Arequipa’s Colca Canyon a land of superlatives, says Hello magazine

To visit the Colca Canyon in Peru is to discover a land of superlatives: the second deepest canyon on the planet, it's home to the magnificent Andean condor, a New World vulture with the largest wingspan of any land bird, and one of the world's longest living birds, said Hello magazine. From Arequipa, the road to the Colca Canyon is a real roller-coaster ride complete with potholes, but offers breathtaking views at every point, says an article entitled "Colca Canyon: where the condor fl...

probando Arequipa expects to attract 25000 tourists in July.

The Department of Arequipa, in southern Peru, expects to attract some 25000 visitors in July due to increased tourist flow in national holiday season, the president of the Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (Avit) in Arequipa Carmela Llerena reported. Last month, Arequipa attracted some 12,000 foreign and national tourists, so expectations are higher this time around. During this season, most tourists come from Lima, and cities such as Trujillo in La Libertad and Chiclayo in L...

probando Over 5000 tourists to visit Paracas during Independence holidays.

The Paracas National Reserve in Peru's southern coastal desert expects more than 5,000 Peruvian and foreign visitors during the long holiday weekend from July 28 to August 1. David Orozco, the reserve's acting director, said that during the independence holidays most visitors are from Ica and Lima, while foreigners come from Germany, Spain, England, the U.S. and China. "Now that the World Cup has ended, we expect to receive a lot of foreign tourists by the end of this month," he told Andina. ...

probando Latin America boosts growth of inbound tourism to Peru

Lima, Jul. 22 (ANDINA). Latin America consolidates itself as the engine growth of inbound tourism to Peru which expects to receive 2.2 million foreign visitors this year, Peruvian Trade and Tourism Minister Martin Perez said today. “Latin America has become the big market not only for Peruvian exports but also to attract more tourists, that is the reason of the strategy of intensifying the trade missions of Expo Peru in many countries of the region,” he said. He mentioned that Peru’s Ministry ...
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