The Tourism sector would contribute 2.5% to the gross domestic product (PBI) and would generate one million jobs this year, according to estimates by the Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Exports and Tourism (PromPerú). In dialogue with the Andina agency, Amora Carbajal, executive president of PromPerú, highlighted the importance of tourism in national […]
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Marrakech after two years without tourists: “Everything is paralyzed”
After almost two years of health crisis, with only a few months of respite last fall, Marrakech accumulates the fatigue of seeing how its shops, restaurants and hotels close in the absence of visitors, who feed all sectors of a city designed by and for the sightseeing. Shutters drawn on the shops in the souk, […]
“Winter Getaways”, the new New York campaign to relaunch tourism
The city of New York presented this week the “Winter Outing” campaign, aimed at revitalizing the tourism, culture and restaurant sectors, severely punished by the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 in the last two years. In times of pandemic and search for reactivation, businessmen in the Big Apple want to get New Yorkers out of their homes […]
Argentina seeks to attract foreign capital with a tourism investment law
Argentina will seek to attract tourism investments with an investment law for this sector that includes tax exemptions for all companies that decide to settle in the country, and the granting of loans at very soft rates. The Secretary for Tourism Promotion of the South American country, Yanina Martínez, explained the new strategy on the […]
They point out that there is a lethal affectation for those who live from tourism and fishing
The Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Robert Sanchez, pointed out that the serious hydrocarbon spill that occurred in Ventanilla (Lima) is an environmental crime that cannot go unpunished for damaging the marine ecosystem, the Ancón resort and other beaches on the central coast of Peru. As he specified, ecological repair with clean technologies is […]
Cimet: biosafety, sustainability and investment, tourist keys of Ibero-America
Latin America trust the biosecurity in times of pandemic –especially in prevention and vaccination–; in sustainable development; in the value of SMEs and national and international investment, in this case Spanish, to recover from the serious tourism crisis caused by the COVID-19. The XXV Ibero-American Conference of Tourism Ministers and Entrepreneurs (Cimet) was held this […]
Fitur, the largest tourism fair in the world, will bring together 107 countries and 7,000 companies in Madrid
A total of 107 countries and almost 7,000 companies are represented this year at the 42nd edition of the International Tourism Fair (Fitur) of Madrid, with the Dominican Republic as a partner. Fitur, one of the main tourism fairs in the world, which was presented this Tuesday in the Spanish capital, will begin on the […]
The voices of the sectors hardest hit in the second year of the pandemic
Complicated situation, but with optimism Angel Urpeque. gastronomic entrepreneur 2021 was a very fought year. The main difficulties of the business were related to the pandemic, the political noise and the fear of the people; factors that made us the most affected of all areas. Added to this is the rise in input prices. What […]
Dominican Republic sees strong rebound in tourism despite COVID
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The Dominican Republic is preparing to receive about 5 million visitors this year, consolidating a recovery for the main tourist destination in the Caribbean despite the threat of the omicron variant, said the Vice Minister of Tourism, Jacqueline Mora. In a telephone interview, Mora said tourism was rebounding strongly from last year’s pandemic lows, with […]
Mincetur allocated more than S / 215 million to support mypes in the tourism sector
As part of the actions to boost the tourism sector, which has been one of the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Roberto Sánchez, reported that, to date, S / 215 million 360,099 have been assigned to various financial entities thanks to the FAE Tourism. […]