STATISTICS: Accelerated and Sustained Growth

Sustained Growth in tourist arrivals to Peru

The number of tourists visiting Peru went from 1.5 million people in 2005 to 2.1 million in 2009 . Despite the international financial crisis, Peru has continued to receive an increasing number of tourists, thus confirming the country's major tourist attraction.

EVOLUTION OF ARRIVALS OF FOREIGN TOURISTS TO PERU (2000-2009 in thousands)

Visitors from all five continents

Citizens from the five continents visit Peru. While there is a strong participation of American and European tourists, there is growing interest from Latin American tourists, which by their proximity have greater opportunities to travel and even repeat visits. Asia, Africa and Oceania are home markets with a potential being wasted.

An interesting indicator is the countries that between 2008 and 2009 show further growth of visitors: USA 15.3%, Canada22.7%, Japan, Korea, Morocco 32%, Brazil 28.7%, Argentina 25.6%, Panama 22.9%, China 14.9% and Colombia 13.9 %. 

 

 

EUROPE	20%
SOUTH AMERICA	50%
CENTRAL AMERICA	2%
NORTH AMERICA	22%
OCEANIA	2%
AFRICA	0
ASIA	4%

Positioning in the Premium Segment

The profile of foreign tourists visiting Peru, corresponds mostly to vacationers (6 out of 10) older than 34 years, residents in large cities with higher education with annual revenues exceeding U.S. $ 60,000 . It is important to note that most of them are tourists traveling alone or in groups without children and in a 30% travel to Peru buying luxury oriented travel packages.

Reasons to Travel to Peru

 Travel Mode to Peru