Tourism: Easter holidays generate US$157 million in revenue

Long vacation Mr. Easter According to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Minsetur), the economic impact on tourism was US$157 million.

As already indicated, these successes were registered after the mobilization of 1.2 million visitors across the country.

Mincetur noted that this behavior indicates a positive growth trend travel for domestic tourism, exceeding the expectations they had for these dates.

Only Metropolitan Lima formed 37% of the flow of trips across the country, that is, almost four out of 10 travelers on this holiday were from the capital.

To travel around the country 94% Peruvians preferred to use the land route and only 6% used air transport.

Tourism by region

According to the Mincetur study, these holidays have also accelerated the recovery of tourism in many regions.

For example, in Ayacucho there were 86% hotel occupancysince in this region tourism is mainly aimed at visiting religious places with processions and holidays at Easter.

In the case of Cusco, it was noted that the number of passengers departing through Velasco-Astete International Airport averaged over 4,000 per day. And only in Machi Picchu Pueblo could one notice a reactivation of 60% in the sector of hotels, restaurants and the entire tourist network.

Exactly the same in tacna Record occupancy levels were recorded this year – 81%.

However, Iquitos had a relatively low hotel occupancy rate, averaging 40%, while it was 30% in Cajamarca and 25% in Amazonas.

In the case of Arequipa and Puno, where social conflicts have been recorded in recent months, hotel occupancy rates were 52% and 9% respectively.

While in rain-affected areas such as Tumbes, a tributary tourists it was 30%, and in Mancor it reached 50%.