Archive for January, 2009

Peru boosts campaign to promote Colca Canyon as World Natural Wonde

The minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Mercedez Aráoz, will launch Tuesday a campaign to promote the Colca Canyon’s nomination as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
The Colca Canyon together with the Amazon River and Lake Titicaca are among 261 natural attractions from 222 countries that moved to the second phase of [...]

Chasquis marathon from Lima to Arequipa seeks Guinness Record

he Great Marathon of Chasquis (Inca messengers) from Arequipa to Lima will be carried out by the first time next week, commemorating ancient runners of the Inca Empire who traveled several kilometers carrying letters or messages from one place to another.
This is the first time that a chasquis’ marathon between Arequipa and Lima will be [...]

Foreign tourist arrivals grew 13% in Arequipa last year

The arrivals of foreign tourists in the Peruvian department of Arequipa was increased by 13 percent in 2008, registering 180,000 foreign visitors, compared to the 160,000 foreigners that arrived in the “White City” in 2007, said Rocío Cervantes Mansilla, regional manager of Foreign Trade and Tourism.
Cervantes, also said that domestic tourism in this zone presented [...]