https://www.perutelegraph.com/ https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/volaris-airline-extends-operations-with-a-new-lima-cancun-route https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/volaris-airline-extends-operations-with-a-new-lima-cancun-route The Mexican airline company will link Peru with Mexico City, Cancun, and San José de Costa Rica. The air connectivity of the Mexican Caribbean is becoming stronger with the arrival of new flights and routes to the destinations of Quintana Roo, consolidating its leadership worldwide. On June 1st, the inaugural Lima-Cancun flight was carried out with the... ]]> Mon, 06 Jun 2022 23:28:39 +0000 725 2022-06-06 https://www.perutelegraph.com/media/reviews/photos/original/52/b2/69/volaris-lima-cancun-5-1654558129.jpg https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/more-than-half-a-million-international-tourists-arrived-in-peru-in-the-first-half-of-2022 https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/more-than-half-a-million-international-tourists-arrived-in-peru-in-the-first-half-of-2022 This number is much higher than expected (34.9% over the goal) for this time of the year. Tourists from the United States, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, and Brazil, correspond to 65.4% of the total, according to Mincetur. The Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Roberto Sánchez, announced that, from January 1 to May 29 of 2022, 514,000... ]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:44:23 +0000 723 2022-06-01 https://www.perutelegraph.com/media/reviews/photos/original/f2/4f/35/more-than-half-a-million-visitors-peru-first-half-2022-42-1654062408.jpg https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/peru-scores-high-at-conde-nast-traveler-2019-readers-choice-awards https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/peru-scores-high-at-conde-nast-traveler-2019-readers-choice-awards The prestigious luxury and lifestyle travel magazine Condé Nast (CN) Traveler announced the results of its annual 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards. Peru and many Peruvian brands scored extremely well. Condé Nast Traveler readers ranked their favorite countries around the world putting Peru on position 6 on the list of the Top 20 Countries in the World 2019.... ]]> Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:55:39 +0000 688 2019-10-14 https://www.perutelegraph.com/media/reviews/photos/original/05/37/d8/conde-nast-traveler-readers-choice-award-2019-peru-62-1571068552.jpg https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/how-many-travelers-visited-peru-in-2018 https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/how-many-travelers-visited-peru-in-2018 Over the past two decades Peru has seen an incredible increase in visitor numbers. And this trend continued in 2018. According to the latest “Foreign tourist profile”- report published by PromPeru, a total of 4,198,051 travelers - 62% men and 38% women; 45% millennials (25 – 40 years) and 23% Generation X (41 – 54 years) -... ]]> Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:40:11 +0000 680 2019-08-22 https://www.perutelegraph.com/media/reviews/photos/original/20/ca/2a/number-of-tourists-peru-2018-69-1566492024.jpg https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/how-many-tourists-visited-machu-picchu-in-2018 https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/how-many-tourists-visited-machu-picchu-in-2018 Machu Picchu, declared Peruvian Historic Sanctuary (1981) and UNESCO World Heritage Site (1983) and voted as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World (2007), was built by the Incas in the 15th century on a mountain ridge in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru in the Cusco region. Forgotten during the Spanish colonial period and... ]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2019 14:12:07 +0000 661 2019-03-19 https://www.perutelegraph.com/media/reviews/photos/original/90/87/e0/visitors-machu-picchu-2018-44-1553004744.jpg https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/no-to-cable-car-for-machu-picchu https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/no-to-cable-car-for-machu-picchu Plans for building a cable car up to Machu Picchu might be off the table, Peruvian Minister of Culture, Roger Valencia, disclosed. In August 2017 the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, announced that his ministry in collaboration with the Peruvian Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Environment are working on plans to significantly expand... ]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:33:03 +0000 654 2019-02-12 https://www.perutelegraph.com/media/reviews/photos/original/52/3c/e1/machu-picchu-peru-38-1549989192.jpg https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/sky-airline-peru-takes-off-in-april https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/sky-airline-peru-takes-off-in-april Last Friday Sky Airline Peru, a subsidiary of the Chilean low-cost carrier Sky, received the permission to start its commercial operations in Peru from the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (Dirección General de Aeromáutica Civil - DGAC), the main authority in the country that regulates air transport. After the Ministry of Transport and Communication already granted Sky... ]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:33:42 +0000 653 2019-02-12 https://www.perutelegraph.com/media/reviews/photos/original/39/e7/d6/sky-airline-starts-operation-in-peru-april-2019-32-1549985636.jpg https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/sky-airline-enters-peruvian-domestic-flight-market-in-2019 https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/sky-airline-enters-peruvian-domestic-flight-market-in-2019 Peru’s first low-cost airline Viva Air Peru, which started operation in the country in May 2017, gets stiff competition in 2019. Sky Airlines, the Chilean low-cost carrier, enters the Peruvian domestic flight market promising even lower ticket prices than the competitor. Sky Airline already serves the international route Santiago de Chile – Lima – Santiago de Chile... ]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2018 22:10:28 +0000 641 2018-12-30 https://www.perutelegraph.com/media/reviews/photos/original/f2/f3/7d/sky-airlines-enters-domestic-flight-market-peru-2019-41-1546207839.jpg https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/peru-awarded-with-3-of-the-prestigious-trophies-at-the-world-travel-awards-2018 https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/peru-awarded-with-3-of-the-prestigious-trophies-at-the-world-travel-awards-2018 Last weekend the elite of the travel industry gathered for the World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final Gala Ceremony 2018 at the historic Pátio da Galé in Lisbon, Portugal to find out which of the world’s leading hotels, destinations, airlines, travel providers and brands had been awarded this year’s renowned world title. Also known as “the Oscar... ]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:13:03 +0000 637 2018-12-06 https://www.perutelegraph.com/media/reviews/photos/original/04/6b/0f/world-travel-awards-2018-peru-70-1544112799.jpg https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/viva-air-peru-further-expands https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peru-travel/viva-air-peru-further-expands Peru’s first low-cost airline Viva Air Peru, co-owned by Europe’s biggest budget carrier Ryanair, started operation in the country in May 2017 with the promise to shake up the domestic market, offer affordable prices and next to the main destinations also serve lesser frequented ones. And so far they kept their promises. Initially Viva Air only served... ]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2018 15:04:53 +0000 636 2018-12-06 https://www.perutelegraph.com/media/reviews/photos/original/4e/e3/21/viva-air-peru-destinations-and-routes-in-peru-73-1544108703.jpg