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Accumulated Peruvian exports to September exceeded pre-pandemic levels by 18%

Accumulated Peruvian exports to September exceeded pre-pandemic levels by 18%

From January to September of this year, Peruvian exports achieved a growth of 42% compared to the same period of 2020, thus adding a total of 39,878 million dollars, according to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur). This amount is 18% higher than that observed in 2019, adds the portfolio led by Roberto […]

Safe Travels: Huaral receives sanitary seal as a tourist destination

Safe Travels: Huaral receives sanitary seal as a tourist destination

Huaral received this Thursday the international Safe Travels seal, awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur), by complying with biosafety protocols in the midst of a pandemic. There are 20 service providers – including hotels, restaurants and travel agencies – and four Huaralino tourist destinations that are classified as safe and healthy […]

Tourism: more than 500,000 travelers would mobilize on this long holiday

Tourism: more than 500,000 travelers would mobilize on this long holiday

The Vice Minister of Tourism, Isabel Álvarez, projected that during the long holiday, which runs from October 30 to November 2, more than 500,0000 travelers will be mobilized to the interior of the country, which will translate into an economic impact of 66 million dollars. “More than 500,000 will be mobilized Travellers and an impact […]

Avocado production increased 39.6% in August of this year

Avocado production increased 39.6% in August of this year

The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) reported that the avocado production totaled 32,460 tons in August this year, 39.6% higher than that reported in the same month of 2020 (23,260 tons). This result was influenced by the adequate climatic conditions that allowed the development of the crop. At the department level, the avocado […]

PAI: will allocate up to S / 300,000 to boost company exports

PAI: will allocate up to S / 300,000 to boost company exports

The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) will grant funds of up to S / 300,000 to support micro and small businesses (MSMEs) in order to consolidate in the export sector and ensure that high-value Peruvian products reach the five continents through the Internalization Support Program (PAI). This second edition of the MYP is […]

Up to 45,000 tourists per weekend would visit Huanchaco in the summer of 2022

Up to 45,000 tourists per weekend would visit Huanchaco in the summer of 2022

The recent obtaining of the seal Safe Travel In the district of Huanchaco it originated a greater presence of national and foreign tourists, since it was considered a biosecure destination, as revealed by Mónica Guzmán Sosa, municipal manager of Huanchaco. Given this, the municipal authority specified that every weekend more than 12,000 visitors are received, […]

Authorize transfer of S / 32 million to subsidize tourist guides

Authorize transfer of S / 32 million to subsidize tourist guides

The government of President Pedro Castillo authorized the transfer of S / 32 million in favor of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) for award competitive grants in favor of tourist guides, registered in the National Registry of Official Tourism Guides and Graduates of said ministry. Through Emergency Decree No. 096-2021, it is […]

Peru will receive up to 600,000 foreign tourists by closing 2021

Peru will receive up to 600,000 foreign tourists by closing 2021

By the end of this year, Peru will receive up to 600,000 foreign tourists, according to the president of the Peruvian Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (APAVIT), Ricardo Acosta. Along these lines, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) is less optimistic about receptive tourism, since they aim to host only 452,000 international […]

Mincetur: Isabel Álvarez Novoa is the new Vice Minister of Tourism

Mincetur: Isabel Álvarez Novoa is the new Vice Minister of Tourism

The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) appointed the sociologist, cook and outstanding gastronomic researcher Maria Isabel Novoa as the new Vice Minister of Tourism. Through Ministerial Resolution No. 009-2021-MINCETUR, the also founder of the Peruvian Association of Gastronomy (Apega) is appointed to replace the Vice Minister of Foreign Trade, Diego Sebastián Llosa Velásquez, […]

Mincetur: Government authorizes transfer of S / 11 million to reactivate the artisan sector

Mincetur: Government authorizes transfer of S / 11 million to reactivate the artisan sector

The government of President Pedro Castillo ordered the transfer of up to S / 11 million in favor of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur), in order to reactivate and promote the craft activity through the “Strategy to Reactivate and Promote the Craft Activity” We are Crafts – 2021-II “. Through Urgency Decree […]