How to recover the level of tourists we reached in 2019?

He Peru will not yet reach the number of tourists International that registered before the pandemic. In 2019, El País received 4.4 million people from abroad, and in 2024 reached 3.2 million.

CCL representative explains what will happen to Peruvian shipments.

Juan Stoessel, CEO of Casa Andina, and Ricardo Acosta, president of the Peruvian Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (APAVIT), expressed to Peru21 that only in 2026 the figures prior to the health crisis would be reached.

“The goal we have is to return to the 2019 figures because in other countries they already succeeded, while we are late,” said Stoessel.

What to do to accelerate growth?

For the representative of Casa Andina, one of the problems that arise is on the land border. As explained, Peru has failed to improve the border crossing mainly in the south.

“After pandemic and social seizure, Arica improved its infrastructure, made it more attractive to Chile Tourism and investors, so northern tourists have no need to go to Tacna,” he added.

Another work for progress is citizen insecurity that, in addition to generating a problem for the country, is also a bad propaganda to sell to Peru as an attractive tourist destination.

On February 14, consumers will spend between S/200 and S/250, and opt for gifts related to experiences and money transfers.

Something that is undoubtedly needed is to boost infrastructure investments, improve airports in the interior of the country, because “Peru competes with the world, and we are not doing the job,” he added.

“In the South Airports, the main problem is that more investment is needed, new clues, but what is needed is an addendum for a concessionaire to have the possibility of making the corresponding disbursements,” he warned.

For his part, Ricardo Acosta considered that it is necessary to end social conflicts and give political stability. For the APAVIT representative, it is necessary that within the ministries there is also a joint work for the projects to connect between them.

“Something that also affects is the bad administration to enter Machu Picchu. Travel agencies cannot close sales because there is a problem and the website collapses. The face -to -face sale is also the worst thing there is,” he said.

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