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Peru’s putting on the style
Peru is experiencing a growth in luxury tourism with new hotels, eco resorts and gourmet restaurants opening in 2011 in key tourist locations.
In July the nation will celebrate the centenary of the rediscovery of Machu Picchu by Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham.
Celebrations will include the return of thousands of Inca artifacts excavated by Bingham and taken to Yale University and kept there for the last 100 years.
These unique artifacts will be housed in Cusco at a dedicated museum and research centre.
Promperu’s coordinator for Asia Pacific, Rosana Guinea, says that, although adventurous travellers are key to the Peru market, there has been an increase in higher yield travellers in recent years and both markets are being buoyed by increased air capacity.
“Tourists are spending more money whilst in Peru and the visitor profile is changing which is driving the demand for more luxury accommodation and facilities,†said Guinea.
From January, travellers from Australia to Peru will have faster and easier journeys with LAN Airlines introducing nonstop flights from Santiago de Chile to Peru’s capital Lima.
The Westin Lima will open 2011 as hotel investors showed renewed confidence in Peru.
Cusco and its surrounding region is also seeing an increased investment in the luxury sector and 2011 sees the opening of with a new Aranwa Hotel, a JV Marriot Hotel, and the expansion of the Orient Express owned Monasterio Hotel.
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