Noticias

	Junin launches website to choose Seven Gastronomic Wonders Junin region in central Peru has just launched its website “Buen Provecho Junin” (Bon appetit Junin) to start voting in order to choose its Seven Gastronomic Wonders in October this year, reported the Regional Directorate of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Directur). The site aims to pro ....
	Study shows potential savings of nearly $30 billion through stricte The NBTA Foundation, the research arm of the National Business Travel Association, and Egencia, the corporate travel arm of Expedia, Inc., today released sample results from its Corporate Travel Policy: Benchmarking and Insight study, evaluating travel management trends and policies across North Ame ....
	Foreign tourists do not mind British weather, reveals VisitBritain Overseas visitors are not put off taking a holiday in the UK by our weather, new research by VisitBritain reveals.This country’s unpredictable atmospheric conditions are less of a barrier to the 30 million overseas tourists who came to Britain last year than conventional wisdom might suggest.I ....
	Almost 50 percent of travellers say price is the most important cri The recent collapse of tour operator Goldtrail has highlighted the challenging conditions that continue for the travel industry, yet despite this and the failure of several airlines over the last 18 months, price is still by far the most important deciding factor when it comes to buying a flight, ac ....
	Ucayali to design strategic plan to develop tourism Representatives of Ucayali's public and private institutions and civil society will create a regional council committee which will establish the pillars for the Regional Tourism Strategic Plan (Pertur), including strategies for a sustainable development of the sector. Regional authorities will ....
	Peruvian chicharrones favorite to win world's best breakfast contes Pan con Chicharrones, a traditional Peruvian sandwich served for breakfast, has received a significant number of votes so far in an online poll conducted by the 20minutos.es website. The sandwich -made with deep fried pork rinds and sweet potatoes, topped with salsa criolla (Thinly sliced red onions ....
	UK monarch brings in £500m. a year from foreign tourists Our "culture and heritage" in the widest sense - extending from theatres, galleries, to pubs, Premiership Football, castles and stately homes - generated £4.6 billion in total spending by overseas tourists in 2009, and supported 100,000 jobs, the report said. But within that total on ....
	Emerging travel preferences and intentions of family travelers The family market ranks as one of the most important to the travel industry, and the newly-released Ypartnership/Harrison Group 2010 Portrait of American Travelers provides an intriguing look at the changing travel habits and preferences of these leisure travelers. The survey is the most compr ....
	Travel reviews have a significant impact on booking decisions The PhoCusWright Consumer Technology Survey gathers information about how U.S. online travelers are using and adopting technology when discussing, shopping for and booking travel. This Third Edition has a particular focus on social media and mobile technology, both of which continue to grow in usage ....
	Some 25,000 tourists to visit Kuelap fortress this year Between 24,000 and 25,000 tourists are expected to visit the imposing Kuelap fortress in northern Peru this year, a 20 percent increase from 2009, according to the archaeological site's director of restoration and conservation, Alfredo Narvaez. Narvaez told Andina that nearly 20,000 tourists visited ....
	Colca Valley receives record number of tourists during independence Colca Valley, located in Arequipa, received a record number of 4,228 Peruvian and foreign tourists between July 27 and 29, the head of Colca Autonomous Authority (AutoColca) Jose Talavera said Sunday. The official said that only on Thursday 29, Colca welcomed 1,575 tourists, which is the highest&nbs ....
	Nearly 120,000 tourists visited Puno in first half 2010 A total of 118,500 tourists visited the Andean region of Puno, in southeastern Peru, during the first half of 2010, according to local authorities. Regional trade and tourism director Percy Mamani told Andina that tourist arrivals in Puno increased two percent in the first six months of this year, c ....
	Lambayeque food festival features giant King Kong A 1.1 ton King Kong, a traditional Peruvian sweet from northern Lambayeque region, will be shared among people taking part in the final day of the 7th King Kong Festival, celebrating Peru's Independence Day. The King Kong consists of four sandwich-like layers of sweet biscuit (flour, butter, egg yol ....
	Lambayeque expects 10,000 tourists over Independence Day weekend The six museums scattered in the department of Lambayeque, in northern Peru, expect to close the long weekend for the national holidays with the arrival of over 10,000 Peruvian and foreign tourists, the director of the Executive Unit 111 Celso Sialer Távara said. Lambayeque houses the museums ....
	Peruvian chicharrones still top world's best breakfast list The Peruvian 'chicharron de chancho' is still leading the world's best breakfast list with nearly 60,000 votes according to 20minutos.es website. Statistics indicates that Peruvian breakfast gained much more acceptance than that of Spain, which hardly reach 15,700 votes, followed by the cr ....
	Peruvian restaurant to open in Delaware, US Juliana's Kitchen, a new Peruvian restaurant, is taking over the space that was formerly home to The Dumpling House in Wilmington, Delaware. New owner Juliana Jiménez, whose parents own a restaurant in Peru, is planning to make the traditional dishes of her native country, including ceviche a ....
	Some 10,000 people taste giant Papa a la Huancaina Over 10,000 domestic and foreign people tasted the world’s biggest papa a la huancaina prepared under strict health regulations in Huancayo’s Business International Center of Junin on the occasion of Peru’s independence day. The event was organized by Provincial Municipality of Hua ....
	New Peruvian restaurant opens in Southwest Florida A wave of Peruvian restaurants has followed the flow of South Americans to Southwest Florida in recent years. Aji Limon in the Central Cape Business Park on Pine Island Road is the latest restaurant to join the burgeoning scene. The cuisine blends influences from a number of cultures that have inhab ....
	Trujillo expects to receive 25,000 visitors during long weekend Trujillo expects to receive around 25,000 national and foreign visitors during the long weekend for the national holidays, said the regional manager of Foreign Trade and Tourism from La Libertad, Bernardo Alva. Tourists arriving to Trujillo are attracted by the main archeological, architectural, nat ....
	Skyscanner reveals the top ten places for a naked holiday With news of airlines raising their baggage charges this summer by as much as £40 per flight, many holidaymakers are considering anything they can do to beat the baggage charge; enter the “Nakation”. The ultimate way to pack light, naked holidays are becoming a real consideration w ....