He Congress approved an opinion that proposes to reduce the resources it has Promperú To promote the country. The proposal, which is based on projects 785/2023-CR and 7706/2023-CR, proposes the modification of the law that creates the fund and the extraordinary tax for the promotion and national tourism development.
Through this initiative, it is proposed that the resources of the Fund be 50% for the National Copesco Plan and 50% for Promperú. The latter currently receives 80% of the total, that is, it is removed income.
It should be noted that, through an official letter sent to Parliament in May 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (MINCETUR), through the Directorate of Tourist Products and Destinations, recalled that the fund was created as a result of the tax generated by the entry of natural persons to national territory and that, therefore, “propose to change the financial distribution denatured the objective for which it was created that it is created that it is created that it is created that it is created that it is created that it is created that it is created that it is created that it was created to finance the activities National Tourism ”. In addition, he considered that the initiative is not viable.
On the other hand, and in statements to Peru21, the president of the Peruvian Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (APAVIT), Ricardo Acosta, indicated that the parliamentary proposal is unaware of the situation of the sector, which still does not reach the 4.4 million foreign visitors he had before the pandemic (last year he received 3.2 million tourists).
“What they propose demonstrates the ignorance of Congress. They do and undone without a technical study. With the budget that Promperú has, they carry out tourist promotions, fairs, and now who changed that without an analysis,” he added.
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