The losses caused to tourism national for the social conflicts and the passage of Cyclone Yaku so far this year they amount to around S/2,000 million, estimated the Vice Minister of Tourism, madeleine burns.
“For what has happened between December and March 26, almost S/2 billion has been lost. (The figures) only because of Yaku we still do not have it at this time,” he told La República.
Projections for Holy Week
The safest destinations to visit during the long Easter holiday are on the beaches, the jungle, the southern highlands, with the exception of Puno, and places near Lima, says the vice minister.
The authority also highlighted that currently most of the tourist places are in conditions to be visited. “Unfortunately the rains have affected destinations like Lambayeque (…); however, we have other destinations that are all enabled. We had a landslide in Machu Picchu, but it has already been enabled, the Colca is also released,” he said.
Likewise, he stressed that for this long holiday he is betting on internal and interregional tourism, that is, with bordering countries. “We are also working on the issue of recovering the strong country image with a very important campaign that is Peru Now and we hope to reach 2.5 million visitors this year,” he commented.
Finally, he reaffirmed that this Holy Week it is expected to achieve an economic return of more than US$107 million and more than one million visitors.
Source: Larepublica
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