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The ambassadors of Brazil and Argentina, Jorge Taunai and Dario Alessandro, recently pledged to cooperate with Peru to revive tourism to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, after the emergency in that area registered by the rains. The diplomats reaffirmed their position that Machu Picchu is always cultural heritage of mankind and one of the top tourist destinations in Latin America.

In an interview with national media, the ambassador of Argentina, said that overcoming the emergency, other countries in the region should preserve the cultural wealth of the continent.

After the overflow caused rivers in Cusco and the damage to different pathways toward the citadel of Machu Picchu, make this attractive access this restricted for some time, for this reason, the national daily "El Comercio" organized a round table attended by Mara Seminario, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Fernando Puga, president of the National Chamber of Tourism (Canatur) Guidino Romulus, general manager of Trans-Andean Railway SA, Jose Koechlin, president of the Society for Hotels in Peru; and Luis Castaneda, a specialist in management of monuments and museums.

In the interview, explained they have been working on two fronts of the railway line: the northern access (including the path-Piscacucho Ollantaytambo-Aguas Calientes-Hydro) and the other, ranging from Piscacucho to Machu Picchu. "The first he must finish in about 10 days.

The president of the Regional Government of Cusco, Hugo Gonzales Sayan, reported that at the moment there is no access to the archaeological complex of Machu Picchu, after the collapse of the railway due to rain, so the Commission for the Promotion of Peru Export and Tourism (PromPeru) promote other tourist attractions in the city of Cusco, as the fortress of Sacsayhuaman, Pisac and Moray.

In addition, the regional president said he is coordinating with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur), Martin Perez, in order to promote tourism through PromPerú.

"Machu Picchu is in perfect condition," "We are confident that the million tourists come to Peru come home when the rains pass, optimist said Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Marin Perez. Intact. Minister Martin Perez confirmed that Machu Picchu was not affected by the rains.

From Intipunku area to the House of the Guardian, "Machu Picchu is in perfect condition" as found this afternoon at the Inca citadel Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Martin Perez, who also was optimistic

In the next edition of the International Fair IMEX 2010, based in Frankfurt (Germany), Cuba will present the potential for tourism and incentive travel events, this event will run from 25 to 27 May this year.

They reported that in the event Cuba show housing capacities that support this form, including those provided by the Barceló Havana City, which is located near the Convention Palace Complex Havana institution industry leader in Congress country.

The eighth edition of the Book Fair, Reading and Cultural Industries of Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca will be held on April 26 to May 2. Book presentations, meetings with authors, exhibitions, courses, seminars, discussion forums, workshops, magic and storytelling are some of the activities in this edition of the Fair, which is establishing itself as one of the most significant cultural events of the region.

In 2009 the overall turnover exceeded 500 thousand euros and the Government of Castilla-La Mancha wishes to take this event to show support to the publishing world, especially to SMEs for their important role as generators of employment and wealth in the region.

The kings of Spain, Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia visited the booth at the Thirty Peruvian edition of the International Tourism Fair, which opened Wednesday. During his visit the ambassador of Peru in Spain, Jaime Caceres Sayan, was a monarch.

The king commented on the good memories and excellent image they have of Peru. The visit took place after the inauguration by King Juan Carlos of FITUR, meeting being held through Sunday at the Madrid trade fair ground that bears his name.

The secretary general of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Taleb Rifai, in recent statements has indicated that the tourism industry should learn from the crisis suffered last year in order to prepare for the transformation that is going to need the world tourism the year 2010.

These statements were made after his participation in the V Leadership Forum organized by the Tourism Alliance for Tourism Excellence (Exceltur). It has also expressed that tourism has endured better than other sectors of the economic crisis. He stated that 2009 was a difficult year because there was a fall of 4.3 per cent in the number of tourists worldwide.

The thirteenth edition of the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) of Spain, one of the most important tourism fairs in the world, will run from 20 to 24 January, this time event will feature companies from around 170 countries, organizers expect attendance of 12 thousand signatures associated with leisure activity, taking into account new trends in tourism.

As new supply is added to the first performances of Uganda, Belize, Ghana and Kuwait, together with territories such as Abu Dhabi.

The adoption of legal reforms to allow marriages between same sex will promote tourism in the Federal District of Mexico to become a gay-friendly city, "said local tourism secretary Alejandro Rojas. Accurate, that this decision will promote business investment in hospitality tourism, honeymoon packages and holiday dresses, banquets and other services that demand this community.

He also said that Mexico City will join other cities such as Buenos Aires, New York, San Francisco, Toronto and others that receive millions of dollars of investment and foreign exchange of economic income by tourism specializing in gay and lesbian community.

The congressman from the department of Puno in Peru, Susana Vilca Achata in order to boost regional tourism, and strengthen the traditional celebrations of the Altiplano, this made coordination for the promotion and launch of the Carnival of Juliaca and the Feast of Candlemas in Lima, whose central date will be on 14 February 2010.

Thus, in coordination with other organizations representing the launch of the Fiesta de la Candelaria from the Government Palace, will be held From 11 January from Congress, which will launch a promotion more parties in the region of Puno.

The capital of Costa Rica, San Jose, will host the first International Congress on Medical Tourism and Welfare in Latin America, to be held from 26 to 28 April 2010, event will bring together about 350 health care operators from more than a score of countries, insurance companies, medical tourism agencies or investors. It is also expected that hundreds of medical companies and come to the event or telephone.

For Allan Flores, Minister of Tourism of Costa Rica, in 2010 the business of medical tourism is estimated at 100 billion dollars worldwide. The annual growth expectation this segment amounted to 25% flowers and this year an estimated arrival in Costa Rica between 14 thousand and 16 thousand tourists.

FITUR International Fair 2010 will host an international seminar which will discuss the implementation of the roadmap for recovery "of the WTO, this as a continuation of the seminar organized by the Secretariat of the UNWTO Affiliate Members in 2009, an event that gathered more than 200 tourism executives from over 30 countries worldwide.

In this event addressed the challenges and opportunities of global tourism to the economic crisis. This year starts, on 21 January is convened in Madrid, a highly qualified group of European tourism industry professionals who seek to examine and make proposals that contribute to provide greater depth to the roadmap for recovery ", one of major tourism policy documents produced by the WTO, which was adopted unanimously at the last General Assembly held in Kazakhstan.

The city of Buenos Aires in Argentina, to date, would have a hotel reservation from 86 percent to celebrate the New Year and enjoy the Dakar Rally South of tourists from Latin American countries, with Brazil at the head, and informed the official body of the city.

The start of the world's most famous rally will be held on January 1 in the Argentine capital, in particular encouraged the Brazilians to buy packs of three and four nights. The four-star hotels have an occupancy of 83 percent, a percentage that rises to 90 percent in the five stars.

Thousands of pilgrims accompanied the Christian minority in Bethlehem on Christmas Day holiday, good weather and the hope of a better future and perhaps a peace between Israelis and Palestinians, these days, this mostly Muslim city known for Christian symbols and Christmas ornaments and musical performances and before the traditional Misa de Gallo, Place of the Nativity has been full of visitors.

Israeli and Palestinian estimates, between 55 thousand and 70 thousand pilgrims and foreign tourists this week defied the global economic crisis to travel to the Holy Land, a flow that Bethlehem is huge as it is more than double its population is 30 thousand people.

The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru, reported that small and medium enterprises, called a Peruvian SMEs during 2010 may consolidate its exports to Latin American countries, as they work to lower barriers to trade.

In this regard, the industry minister, Martin Perez said that the agenda of trade negotiations has his office next year is prioritized talks with Latin American countries.

The city of Cusco, characterized by the large influx of tourism that appeals to the party this year, this opportunity will promote various tourism promotion activities that will be institutionalized as of this year, it launched the "Always On Cusco my mind ", which aims to promote domestic tourism to Cusco.

For the Christmas and New Year activities were initiated on December 24 with the Fair "Santurantikuy 2009" is now the nation's cultural heritage. To December 28 is the day of the innocent to the West, the Regional Directorate of Foreign Trade and Tourism will provide a spiritual context, reassessing the time of the ancestors where they made the "Place Raymi.

XIII National Congress of Tourism 25 to 27 February event that counted with the participation of businessmen in this country, representatives of the executive authorities of the regional directorates of Foreign Trade and Tourism, local government officials, foreign exhibitors , among others.

This event is organized by the National Chamber of Tourism (Canatur), which will explore the challenges and expectations of the General Tourism Law No. 29,408, promulgated recently by the Congress of Peru.

A "Tourist Train" comes through the streets and plazas of Spain As Pontes, who was with Santa on board until December 24 with the Kings after and theater, and a final gala of the "Merca nas Pontes "shape the Christmas program 2009-2010, which has organized the Council of As Pontes, through the Department of Culture.

The Department of Culture As Pontes council has organized a program for the holidays festive. The Tourist Train, began to tour the last Friday 18 to tour the streets and parishes in Pontes As with Santa on board, which was one of the more popular attractions that attracted an outstanding program.

In the island of Baru, located forty minutes by sea from Cartagena de Indias, recently opened its luxury resort Royal Decameron Baru, which has more than 300 rooms with sea views, four restaurants, four bars, snacks, three swimming pools, fitness center, spa and a convention center equipped with advanced technology for 700 people, plus a business center.

The luxury resort, which involved an investment greater than $ 25 million, is the first built in the Colombian Caribbean coast of the island, raising the hotels and entertainment in Cartagena de Indias, which receives more than one million tourists year, and this year received 350,000 visitors who came on 194 cruises.

The estimated year-end party in the Sea of the Valparaiso generate profits for the tourism sector of around 30 billion pesos, and released the Consetur regional president, Jorge Martinez and Regional Director Sernatur Katrina Sanguinetti, who explained that this figure shows an estimate of spending per person of 30 thousand dollars, and an influx of visitors to Valparaiso, Viña del Mar, Concon and the rest of the region, at least one million people.

A New Year's party joins a historic event with many surprises, because they get to 2010, the year of the Bicentennial of the Republic of Chile. While the municipalities of Valparaiso, Viña del Mar and Concon and Provincial Government have worked in a coordinated manner to facilitate the movement of traffic streams for the different accesses to the bay.

From Monday 21 until 31 December this year, the Tourism Board of Mexico will raffle 10 trips for two to the tourist cities of Cancun, Huatulco and Puerto Vallarta this draw will be made between human users of social networks such as Facebook , Twitter, Sonic, YouTube and Flickr, with competitions in the campaign Web site thanks to you Live Mexico.

Thus, it bets on social networks, which increasingly are recorded with the objective of promoting domestic tourism. In addition to the 10 trips (one day), giving away 10 kits that include a traveler's suitcase, two towels, two caps and two shirts with the image of the campaign.

Puerto Rico, as a country, continue to promote and emerging as an ideal destination for medical tourism development, this space competing with the United States and declare Milton Segarra, executive director of Hima Health, the Puerto Rican newspaper El Vocero, on the grounds that many of the medical treatments that are performed in the United States can easily take place in Puerto Rico and a lower price and can save between 40 and 70 percent.

He detailed that one of the major strengths, in his view, is that the difference in cost, coupled with the quality of doctors and hospitals in Puerto Rico, are windows that are presented to companies, associations and company health plans so they know the quality of medical services offered by the island.

were presented the details governing the installation of the Hall of Fame Baseball Latino Altos de Chavon, it was announced that during the week of 23 to 30 May 2010, at Altos de Chavon, there will be various activities relating to the exaltation of players who eventually will be selected in conjunction with other artistic activities carried out during the celebration of this event.

Sports like golf, shooting, tennis, polo and sailing will be introduced as a participatory medium in conjunction with activities such as baseball clinics for professional players at the stadium Francisco A. Micheli, international series of minor league baseball, cockteil and dinner, honoring all of the Caribbean winter leagues.

International Film Festival Gay and Lesbian Gran Canaria, which is done with extraordinary success over the past five years has become a reference point for the LGBT film world, so that the fifth edition will take place from Friday 15 to Sunday 24 January 2010, where for ten days, film fans will have the opportunity to enjoy a selection of the best debut film, homosexual themes, produced in various parts of the world.

The festival aims to promote respect for diversity affective, showing the multiple realities of gays and lesbians from anywhere in the key of comedy, drama, suspense or action, is an event for gay and lesbian film aimed at a heterogeneous audience packed the cinemas on the occasion of each session of the editions held so far.

In Mexico, from 2010 that is approaching the Vive Mexico campaign enters a new stage in strengthening the tourism sector, so informed the director of marketing for Tourism Promotion Council of Mexico, Carlos Behnsen Flathmann, who also qualify for this campaign as a social movement to be a very important factor in convincing Mexicans to travel within their country before going to international destinations.

Which is why it presents its second phase, thanks to you, Vive Mexico. They expect a return to 2010 levels by 2008: in other currencies is expected reach 13 billion dollars and in international tourist arrivals, 23 million people, it is to have a growth of almost 10% from what was reached in 2009.

The World Tourism Organization, UNWTO and CNN International are moving in the strategic partnership signed in November between the Organization and the Group TASK (Advertising Solutions & Knowledge for Tourism) from CNN, this agreement allows WTO and cooperate in TASK events to ensure that professionals receive the most interesting knowledge and the latest industry data.

The WTO and share content TASK Group, will join forces in the bulletins and promote each other tourist services. The acting Secretary General of UNWTO, Taleb Rifai, said that the strategic alliance between WTO and CNN International is a significant step towards the projection of the potential economic, cultural, social and environmental tourism.

The world sporting events such as the 2014 World Cup and the Olympic ames River in 2016 will allow the country to triple Brazilian until the end of the next decade, the inflow of foreign currency that will be left by tourists who visit Brazil.

According to projections by the Ministry of Tourism, Brazil through 2020 estimated to receive about 17 thousand 600 million dollars, an increase of 304 per ciento.Los data are part of the goals of the "Watercolor Plan" recently submitted by the Ministry of Tourism and the state tourism body Embratur, which aims to maximize the opportunity for two major sporting events on the planet.

The Regional Federation of Folklore and Culture of the city of Puno, Peru, reported that promotional material was handed over to the Festival of the Virgin of Candelaria to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to be distributed to 160 embassies and 60 consulates in the world to promote this religious festival, which is one of the largest in Peru.

Reported that they have developed three types of commercials, 15 thousand posters and an equal number of leaflets with the activities taking place between 31 January and 9 February. It has the support of PromPeru and institutions of public and private sectors who are committed to this event.