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Since the 2000s, Tourism in Peru has made up the nation's third largest industry, behind fishing and mining. [2] Tourism is directed towards archaeological monuments, ecotourism in the Peruvian Amazon , cultural tourism in colonial cities, gastronomic tourism, adventure tourism, and beach tourism.
Peru, [e] officially the Republic of Peru, [f] is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia , in the east by Brazil , in the southeast by Bolivia , in the south by Chile , and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean.
"The Great Inka Trail" is an entry exclusive to Peru. [2] "The Sistema Vial Andino/Qhapaq Ñan" is a site also listed by Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador. The movement to include the road system was initiated with Peru's addition of it to the tentative list in 2001. Argentina and Chile joined the movement shortly afterwards.
Trujillo is considered the "Capital of Culture of Peru" [1] for the prominent writers associated with the city [23] such as Cesar Vallejo and Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, and because the city is a center for important cultural expressions as the marinera dance, Peruvian paso horses, caballitos de totora, Trujillo's gastronomy, etc.
Iperú Tourist Information and Assistance, or simply Iperú (with lower-case p) [1] (Spanish pronunciation:) is the Peru tourism office provided since 1994 by the Peruvian government through the Commission for the Promotion of Exports and Tourism of Peru (Spanish: Comisión de Promoción de las Exportaciones y el Turismo del Perú, Promperú) and the National Institute for Defense of ...
The plateau originated from a volcanic reaction. It is about 4 square kilometres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 sq mi) in area, and sits at an elevation of almost 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) in Huarochirí Province, east of Lima, Peru. Marcahuasi is home to a unique set of huge granite rocks with curious shapes resembling human faces, animals, and religious symbols.