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Dear friend of Peru, On September 27th, the first Peruvian Tourism Satellite Account was
presented. Although its result already have been discussed controversially,
the tourism statistics are promising. The number of travelers to Peru
has steadily been increasing in the last years. This month's travel notes are of a quite different nature: Anna Oberländer
tells you about a visit in the soccer stadium. Enjoy reading!
Tightrope walk between use and abuse - Sustainable tourism in Peru
Sustainable tourism, which is defined as the tourism that emphasizes environmental protection and the conservation of indigenous culture and traditions as well as integrates the local inhabitants, is the one and only alternative to mass tourism. It is also the only possibility to make tourism what it is supposed to be: an intercultural exchange of experience and traditions, a source of income for the local people and one of many reasons to stop exploitation of people and environment.
World Tourism Day - Peru presents Tourism Satellite Account Mexico
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Luna
Rumi Lodge, which opened its doors this past July, is located on a priviliged
spot in the Sacred Valley (Urubamba) and at a safer altitude than Cusco
City (600 mts lower), provides a cozy atmosphere along with fifteen confortable
rooms . Furthermore, Luna Rumi also offers the possibility to board the
train to Machu-Picchu at the entrance of the Lodge .
The architecture has been designed to create an unforgettable andean living
experience to its visitors. Surrounded by colorful bugambillias and margaritas,
stone terraces in the backyard gives the Inka touch to the lodge with
modern conveniences for the guests. The lobby with an artistic fire place
provides a warm environment for "tertulia" gatherings after
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he
view scene from the lodge. The dining room offers breakfasts for the guests
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prepared from a local variety of fruits . Lunch and dinners are also served
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El Pardo participates in National Pisco FestivalWith the attention of the broad public and the national press the 10th National Pisco Festival and the 12th National Pisco Competition recently took place at the convention center of the Jockey Plaza in Lima. One of the participants was the restaurant Junius of our partner DoubleTree El Pardo Hotel. For the inauguration of this event celebrating the Peruvian national drink, the Junius sent its folklore-dancing group that usually performs at the restaurant from Tuesday to Sunday.
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Thanks
to the initiative and engagement of private companies and the constant
ambition for promoting the region of Cajamarca as a tourism destination,
our partner Hotel Laguna Seca and APREC (Asociación Civil para
el Rescate del Ecosistema de Cajamarca), the association for the protection
of the ecosystems of Cajamarca, will participate in this year's Travel
Trade Workshop in Montreux. This largest and most important Swiss tourism
fair and convention will take place for the 30th time this October. More
than 1500 participants from over 100 countries worldwide will present
the strengths of their companies and destinations to more than 80,000
visitors, both professionals and leasure guests. In their 15 sqm boot
Laguna Seca and APREC will emphasise the attractiveness and opportunities
of Peru and especially of Cajamarca.
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During
the last years, Trujillo has turned into a major Peruvian gateway for
events and business. Hosting various events like the Copa América
2004, various international congresses and conventions as well as the
Sub 17 Soccer World Championship contributed to welcoming more than 30,000
guests during the year and 100% occupation of the best hotels during these
occasions.
In order to come up to this increased demand, our partner El Gran Marques
Hotel & Spa in Trujillo has now further improved its offer. Half of
the rooms have already been redecorated and equipped with new carpets,
bathrooms and wireless internet of the WI FI technology. The conference
rooms, front desk and lobby have been adapted and, together with the already
existing restaurant, bar, cafeteria and modern spa area, result in a harmonic
and welcoming atmosphere that invites to relax.
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The
German-Peruvian culture association Acupari was founded on October 10th
1990. Since then have passed 15 years of intercultural work and many more
are yet to come. In order to celebrate this special occasion, a joyful
party will take place and as a special offer a 10% discount will be granted
on all bookings in the anniversary month of October - the perfect reason
to party and everybody is welcome!
"I
n
the beginning we had nothing but a lot of enthusiasm", explains honorary
consul Maria Jürgens de Hermoza. With the first allowance of the
Department for Foreign Affairs and the support of the Goethe-Institut
in Lima things slowly looked up. Today, almost 200 Peruvians learn German
at Acupari.
Since 1996 also foreign guests have the possibility to learn Spanish and
even Quechua at this school. The special allurement is the Tandem-conversation-program,
where students with different native languages not only learn the language
of the Tandem -partner, but they also get a personal and unique access
to the other's culture. "The key to success of Acupari lies in the
integration of the acquirement of the foreign language in the self experienced
intercultural exchange, and that means: outside of the classrooms",
explains the manager of the institute.
In the combination language-procurement, Tandem-program, cultural and
meeting center Acupari adds to the internationality of Cusco by contributing
a valuable facet to the intercultural understanding ... For 15 years already
- Our best wishes for this anniversary!
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Spending
an October in Lima you should definitely not miss participating in one
of the numerous processions celebrating the Señor de los Milagros
(Lord of the miracles).
The origin of these processions where a picture of a black Christ is being
carried through the city, starting and ending at the Iglesia de las Nazarens,
dates back to the 17th century.
An Afro-Peruvian slave painted the image of a black Jesus Christ on an
adobe wall in Pachacamilla, just outside Lima, in 1650. When five years
later a sever earthquake destroyed almost all of the city, this adobe
wall miraculously remained untouched. Soon the first pilgrims came to
pray and ask for further miracles at this wall with the black Christ.
This displeased the authorities of the Catholic church and they ordered
to paint over the image. In 1681 a painter was sent but never managed
to do so: he collapsed in front of the image without being able to over
paint it. Once again the portrait had resisted its destruction. The third
miracle happened when another earthquake in 1687 hit the city and destroyed
the greater part of Lima and its harbor Callao. Again, the wall with the
image remained untouched which caused believers to have a copy of the
image painted in oil and carry it through the streets of Lima in order
to protect the whole town. It was not until 1771 that this "Lord
of the miracles" was officially acknowledged by inaugurating the
church Señor de los Milagros in Pachacamilla through the Vice king
of Peru, Manuel Amat y Juniet.
But already since this third miracle the image of the "Cristo Moreno" is being carried through all Lima every October. In the course of time these processions, that take place between October 18 and 28, developed into the largest of all South America with hundreds of thousands of followers every year. For the occasion of the celebrations, everybody dresses in purple and the town gets decorated with purple flags and flowers. For any Peru-traveler, this will be an impressive spectacle that will well be worth a visit and should not be missed out!
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| TRAVEL
NOTES |
I"Let's
go to the stadium", my limeño friends proposed me. "Alright",
I said to myself - at least it was Universitario de Deporte Lima playing
against Cienciano Cusco, the current South American champion.
The ticket was 10 Soles (EURO 2,50) at the box office. Pretty cheap, I thought. "We can get that cheaper", my friends said. Indeed, there were dozens of guys with bunches of tickets running around us, trying to sell cheaper tickets. "Everything legal!", they repeated again and again … As soon as the match had started the prices dropped to 5 Soles. We immediately bought tickets and secured our places in the stadium. The fan sectors were completely sold out. Both, the levels of alcoholic as well as the mood were pretty high already!
1:0,
first goal for "la U" - the supporters were cheering and dancing
all around me. I appreciatively clapped my hands and felt extremely German
- which equaled extremely impassionate … At 2:0 my friends pulled
me off my seat and hugged me. At 3:0 I was starting to lose my secret
hopes that "Cienciano" might eventually win. But before my friends
could pull me off the seat again I precautiously quickly jumped up myself.
From time to time I dared shouting "Vamos Cienciano" but apparently
my fellow co-spectators felt somehow provoked by that. So, in the end
I only softly aspirated my encouragement rather than shouting it. Hardly
audible and deeply intimidated I was unfortunately not able anymore to
motivate Cusco.
Finally, "la U" won 4:0 - with "only 10 players and against
the current champion" I had to hear from my friends all of the time.
I hardly managed to protect my face with my hands before they already
started tossing me around, hugging and thumping me amicably.
Purely South American temper in the soccer stadium - what else was I to
expect!? (Written by Anna Oberländer)
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| DID
YOU KNOW, ...? |
... that the glacier Pastoruri near Huaraz is retreating 14 meters per year and that according to prognosis there won't be any snow-topped peaks in the Cordillera Blanca within the next 25 years?
... that two third of Lima's total population are living in the so-called "pueblos jovenes", the poor suburbs of Lima?
...that the image of the Señor de Milagros weighs a total of 1.5 tons and has to be carried by 20 groups of 16 men each, that alternate every 15 minutes?
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"Tourists
destroy what they are seeking for by finding it". This dramatic statement
by the German writer Hans Magnus Enzensberger unfortunately is true for
numerous tourist destinations all around the globe. Peru is one of them.
Many famous cultural and natural sights that endured for millenniums have
been suffering severe damage since the advent of tourism in the 20th century
- irreparable damage in too many cases.
There
are several examples of integrative and sustainable tourism all over Peru.
For exapmle, guests can chose living with local farmers in Cajamarca under
the buzzword of "Turismo Vivencial", stay in an eco-lodge in
the Amazon rainforest and first hand experience the importance of this
unique biosphere, or buy original handicraft directly at an indigenous
community. Tourists that set a high value on supporting the country and
are willing to visit rahter than exploit it, will find the best offers
to do so in Peru.
In
order to work against this the Taquileños started to get organized
and are now claiming a voice in this matter in order to get more advantage
out of the tourism on their island. A tourism committee was founded as
a first measure, representing each of the 6 sectors of the island. By
opening a visitor information center on the island and investing into
further training and education of the guides the quality of the services
are to be improved. Recently a group of Taquileños also visited
Lima and presented its first exhibition of photos of the island, demonstrating
their own vision of Taquile: a marvelous and picturesque landscape, fascinating
history and culture, hospitality and spirit of community as the bases
of their way of living.
On
the occasion of the World Tourism Day on September 27th, the Peruvian
Ministry for Foreign Economy and Tourism, MINCETUR, for the first time
presented a Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) for Peru. This account facilitates
measuring tourism and its significance in a country's overall economy
by comparing it with other sectors. Not only the long-awaited results
were already discussed in advance; authorities are also arguing whether
to found a new tourism ministry and if this will be necessary in order
to further pursue and promote tourism development in Peru.
new U 17 Soccer World Champion!
According
to the Chilean newspaper "La Tercera" the Luksic-Consortium
is planning to build a tourist railway connecting the Atacama-desert
in Chile, the salt desert Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia and Lake Titicaca
as well as Machu Picchu in Peru. The negotiations with the Orient Express
Chain, so far the only train operator to Machu Picchu, and the US American
Casino-enterprise Thunderbird for constructing this "Atacama Express",
have already begun. As there have already been found investors in Chile
and Peru, the construction of the Chilean part of the trail is supposed
to start this year. In order to conclude in Bolivia, this year's presidential
elections and a stabilization of the political situation in the country
will have to be waited for. But the operators assured that the railway
will be finished within the next years.
Attended
by the presidents of Brasil and Bolivia, Luis Inácio Lula Da
Silva and Eduardo Rodríguez, the Peruvian president Alejandro
Toledo finally signed the contract for the further construction and
upgrading of the Carretera Interoceánica. This road, that will
eventually connect the Brazilian Atlantic ports of Ilo, Matarani and
San Juan with the Peruvian Pacific Coast, will have a total length of
2600 km, 1100 km of which are on Peruvian territory.