LIMA,PERÚ-OCTUBRE 11. Eduardo Ferreyros, Ministro de Comercio Exterior y Turismo, durante inaguración APEC 2016.Foto: ANDINA/Jhony Laurente
Peru expects to host 4.36 million foreign tourists next year, Peruvian Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister (Mincetur) Eduardo Ferreyros projected.
Said forecast is close to the country’s target of 7 million visitors by 2021.
“By 2017, we will reach up to 4.36 international travelers and we will on the right track to achieve the target set to host 7 million by 2021,” Ferreyros stated.
The high-ranking official went on to add tourism is the country’s third largest source of foreign currency, after mining and agriculture, although the main source of dollars for the services sector.
“We have created competitive funds and the Turismo Emprende program to develop tourism; the latter is a project worth S/10 million [around US$2.92 million] aimed at boosting operations of micro and small tourism enterprises,” Mincetur’s head affirmed.
“Also in 2017, we will push forward the Single Window of Tourism, [a program] that seeks to articulate processes like permits, certifications, licenses and other authorizations in a single platform […],” he added.
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Published: 11/25/2016