The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) reported that between January and October of this year, Peru received a total of 2,720,719 international tourists, which represents a growth of 34.1% in relation to the same period in the year. 2023.
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This increase was led by visitors from Chile, the United States, Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia and Colombia. Only those six countries represented 65.9% of the total international tourists who arrived in the country.
According to the recent Monthly Tourism Report, prepared by Mincetur, between January and October of this year, a total of 594,315 Chilean tourists visited the national territory; followed by 502,173 Americans, 244,429 Ecuadorians, 157,690 Brazilians, 154,066 Bolivians and 138,746 Colombians.
The number of travelers from Chile registered a growth of 21.4%; while that of the United States 28.3%, of Ecuador 25.2%, of Brazil 48.9%, of Bolivia 53.7% and of Colombia 18.6%.
The same report shows that, between January and October 2024, lThe number of tourists from Poland, the Dominican Republic and India exceeded pre-pandemic levels. According to the aforementioned report, in that period a total of 10,946 Polonians visited the different corners of the country (21.6% more compared to 2019), 10,672 Dominicans (+38.8%) and 8,981 Indians ( +14.9%).
Likewise, compared to 2023, between January and October of this year there was a notable growth in tourists from Uruguay, Japan, Canada and China. In this sense, the report indicates that in 2024 a total of 13,056 Uruguayans visited the different corners of the country (76.7% more than in the same period of the previous year), 17,657 Japanese (+100.1%), 61,231 Canadians (+75.0%) and 29,693 Chinese (+85.3%). Likewise, it shows that the number of Poles who entered the national territory this year, a figure mentioned above, increased considerably by 88.2%.
At the regional block level, South America contributed 51.8% of international tourists (1,408,808), followed by North America with 23.9% (650,244) and Europe with 16.8% (456,339). Asia contributed 3.8% (103,126 tourists) and Central America 2.7% (72,235).
Projections
Peru’s goal is to receive 3.5 million international tourists by the end of 2024 and the goal of reaching pre-pandemic levels in 2025, which was 4.4 million foreign visitors. This would generate 1.3 million jobs and contribute 2.9% to the country’s Gross Domestic Product, according to the projections managed by Mincetur.
