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3rd Conference on Tourism and Handicrafts coming soon
12 Aug '08
5 min read
The number of international tourists has grown from 25 million in 1950 to 903 million in 2007 and revenue resulting from this expansion - not counting sales of airline tickets and income from domestic tourism - rose from 2,100 million U.S. dollars to 856 billion during the same period. Projections of the World Tourism Organization forecast that tourist arrivals will reach around 1,600 million in the year 2020.
During the press conference, the minister was accompanied Araoz of the Regional Representative for americas of WTO, Marco Balarezo, who indicated that through the discussion of climate change are looking for practical steps to find that tourism can cope with this issue .
As is known, the Commission of the americas of WTO decided unanimously to appoint Peru as the country hosted the celebration of World Tourism Day 2008, celebrated on 27 September.
Ministry of Tourism
On the other hand, to be consulted on the order of the National Chamber of Tourism (CANATUR) for the creation of a Ministry of Tourism, the holder of MINCETUR indicated that it is a proposal to be studied and evaluated because the most important are policies and actions.
"In countries like Spain and France there is a Ministry of Tourism, but nobody can fail to recognize that these countries are fuertísimos in the field of tourism.
For us the main thing is to have policies, we are working in tourism development and believe that the voice of tourism is in the Cabinet through the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism ", he added.
It also noted that the president Alan García has very present the topic of tourism. "During the Presidential Message it was mentioned the topic of tourism, mentioned how many trips have been developed and how they are growing investments in hotels. This government cree on tourism as a development tool for the country and this is a sample of the effort we are doing. "
During the press conference, the minister was accompanied Araoz of the Regional Representative for americas of WTO, Marco Balarezo, who indicated that through the discussion of climate change are looking for practical steps to find that tourism can cope with this issue .
As is known, the Commission of the americas of WTO decided unanimously to appoint Peru as the country hosted the celebration of World Tourism Day 2008, celebrated on 27 September.
Ministry of Tourism
On the other hand, to be consulted on the order of the National Chamber of Tourism (CANATUR) for the creation of a Ministry of Tourism, the holder of MINCETUR indicated that it is a proposal to be studied and evaluated because the most important are policies and actions.
"In countries like Spain and France there is a Ministry of Tourism, but nobody can fail to recognize that these countries are fuertísimos in the field of tourism.
For us the main thing is to have policies, we are working in tourism development and believe that the voice of tourism is in the Cabinet through the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism ", he added.
It also noted that the president Alan García has very present the topic of tourism. "During the Presidential Message it was mentioned the topic of tourism, mentioned how many trips have been developed and how they are growing investments in hotels. This government cree on tourism as a development tool for the country and this is a sample of the effort we are doing. "
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism - MINCETUR
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