It will be “the first time that in Ecuador we are going to have an exhibition of this size,” said the prefect of Pichincha, Paola Pabón.
La Mitad del Mundo, the tourist citadel located in the north of Quito that evokes the parallel 0, will host its first International Hot Air Balloon Festival in December of next year, so that some 150,000 people from all over the world can “travel to heaven. ”In the magical Andean highlands of Ecuador.
There will be about 40 giant hot air balloons, including four airships, which will rise in the Middle of the World on December 3, 2022, during the Festival that is expected to last four days and three nights, Paola Pabón, prefect (governor) of the province of Pichincha, whose capital is Quito.
That will be “the first time that in Ecuador we are going to have an exhibition of this size,” he remarked, emphasizing that the festival estimates to attract some 150,000 visitors from all over the world, especially from neighboring countries such as Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, as well as from USA, Canada or Europe.
Pabón indicated that this activity has been achieved thanks to an alliance between the Prefecture of Pichincha and the firm “Interglobal Latinoamericana”, which organizes an annual festival of this specialty in the Mexican city of Guanajuato.
Precisely, the announcement about the hot air balloon festival circuit, which will include the Middle of the World Festival, will take place tomorrow, Monday, in Guanajuato, home of the largest event of this type in Latin America.
“Throughout next year we will have several samples” of what the festival will be, especially with demonstrations of “directed flights”, in a way to prepare the engines for the big event.
Tourism magnet
The exhibition will also include other sites in the city and nearby areas, especially municipal parks and nearby natural and cultural reserve areas, such as the Cochasqui archaeological complex and the Jerusalem dry forest, both plains located north of the capital.
The festival promises to be a magnet for tourism, especially designed to consolidate the economic recovery, after the ravages of the pandemic.
Therefore, according to the prefect, the Hot Air Balloon Festival is expected to close with “a great concert”, the organization of which is also underway.
Another objective is for private companies to be motivated by these types of shows and to decide to invest in the country, with these types of attractions that boost tourism, added Pabón.
“The idea is that we can have this international festival every year, permanently,” said the prefect, who said she was committed to the productive and tourist reactivation of this province in the north of the Ecuadorian Andes, which offers a variety of “Destinations of colors”. (I)
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