Six out of ten bookings to visit Arequipa have been canceled due to protests.

tourism in Arequipa may stagnate in the coming months due to early election protests which brought back 6 out of 10 visitors who had planned to arrive in the White City since July, according to Teresa Rubina, President Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Arequipa.

This region currently has a low visitor season which starts in December and ends in March. A 40 percent influx is expected during this period, but due to protests, they only achieved a 10 percent influx. Hotel booking.

“In these months from December, January and February, our reserves are less than 10%; therefore, we are in a serious situation, 30% of the hotels registered in our association have temporarily ceased their activities,” he pointed out.

every day what Arequipa does not receive regular tourist traffic, loses SGD 1,600,000 since shutdowns began. Due to the lack of visitors, about 4 million jobs could be lost.

“The high season starts from July and we already have Cancellation at least we are around 40% on high dates; so it must have a specific strategy for tourism… Today we are without the possibility of payment, especially since when redevelopment the banks give us much higher rates, we cannot meet them,” he said of the crisis, which was a drag .

The leader recalled that of all companies in Arequipa, 70% are micro and small companies, none of them managed to fully recover, in 2022 they achieved only 50% of the profit they had in 2019.