The Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Elizabeth Galdo, inaugurated a series of tourist infrastructure works valued at S/25 million 890,031 in Campo Santo de Yungay, Áncash, in order to promote domestic and inbound tourism to generate more jobs. and boost the economy of the country’s regions.
These works, which have been transferred to the Provincial Municipality of Yungay for their care and maintenance, They will benefit more than 100,000 national and foreign tourists in the coming years.
The new environments, intervened thanks to the National Copesco Plan, include the facilities of the interpretation center, environments for general services, an area for the exhibition of craft samples, tourist information modules, a tourist viewpoint with a path and a parking lot with an area of 3,300 m2. for buses and personal vehicles, as well as toilet services for visitors.
Yungay before the 1970 earthquake
As you remember, before the 1970 earthquake, Yungay was a prosperous city in the Callejón de Huaylas, but it was buried under tons of mud and stone after the natural disaster. This Friday, May 31, in commemoration of the event, “the historical, cultural and local value of the region is experienced, added to the respect for natural disasters and the Huascarán mountain,” said Mincetur.
Today the Campo Santo de Yungay preserves some elements that the collapse could not disappear, such as the classic palm trees and the cemetery with the monument of Christ the Redeemer.
Source: Larepublica
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