Peru Expects to Host 4.36 Million Foreign Tourists in 2017

Peru is hopeful to attract 4.36 million foreign tourists next year, Peruvian Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister (Mincetur) Eduardo Ferreyros projected.

“By 2017, we will reach up to 4.36 international travellers and we will on the right track to achieve the target set to host 7 million by 2021,” Ferreyros stated.

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.

Tourism is the country’s third largest source of foreign currency, after mining and agriculture, the Minister revealed.