By the end of this year, Peru is expected to receive approximately 3.3 million international tourists, according to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur), the best figure since the pandemic. This would mean 32% more than the foreign citizens our country hosted in 2023. According to the latest report from Mincetur, the first […]
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Mincetur: more than one million foreign tourists were registered between January and May 2024
Citizens from Chile and the United States led the growth of inbound tourism in our country. Cusco, Lima, Arequipa and Ica were the departments with the highest number of visitors. Join the Whatsapp channel According to the latest report from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur), the first five months of the year […]
More than S/72 million would generate Inti Raymi and the San Juan Festival
This year, the Inti Raymi celebration would attract 26.4% more visitors compared to 2023, while the San Juan Festival expects to receive more than 50% of the tourists it hosted last year. Join the WhatsApp channel The celebrations for the Inti Raymi and the San Juan Festival, scheduled to take place next week in different […]
Historical peaks in global cocoa and coffee boosted Peru’s Amazon exports by 16%
The high prices of coffee and cocoa in the first quarter of 2024 boosted exports from the Amazon region by 16%, reported the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur). During the V Congress of Amazonian Entrepreneurs (CEA) 2024, the Vice Minister of Foreign Trade, Teresa Mera, explained that, throughout 2023, shipments of almost US$835 […]
Mincetur will seek to make Peru the best tourism destination in Latin America by 2030
The Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Elizabeth Galdo, pointed out today that the Peruvian Government has been making important progress for the economic development of the country. Thus, he pointed out that Mincetur works under a “360 Vision” that seeks to achieve, in the shortest possible time, auspicious impacts in the sector. The goal […]
Cabotage: Congress approves new law that will benefit more than 6,600 exporting mypes
The Plenary Session of the Congress of the Republic approved the new Law on Maritime Cabotage (Project Law 5175/2022-PE), which will allow foreign flag vessels to transship in different ports on the Peruvian coast before reaching their destination. According to an interview given by Teresa Mera, vice minister of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of […]
Mincetur: works valued at more than S/25 million were inaugurated in the Campo Santo de Yungay
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 […]
Mincetur: Peru and Indonesia begin negotiations for a trade agreement
The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) announced the start of the first round of negotiations for the Trade Agreement between Peru and Indonesia that will run from today until Thursday, May 30. This is one more step towards the development of better conditions for access to markets, the reduction of trade barriers and […]
New Grau boardwalk in Pacasmayo would cost around S/21 million
The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) began the call process for the hiring of the company that will be in charge of executing the tourist works on the Grau boardwalk, in the province of Pacasmayo, La Libertad. This important tourism project, run by the National Copesco Plan, has a reference value of S/21 […]
Agricultural exports remain at their peak: they increased 10.8% in the first quarter
The Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Elizabeth Galdo, reported that in the first quarter, agricultural exports totaled US$2,481 million, 10.8% more than in the same period of 2023. Blueberry shipments doubled and, together with cocoa and derivatives, rose 82.7%. Meanwhile, lemon and derivatives did so at 85.6%. Galdo recalled that Ica is the main […]