There will never be enough time to tour and discover all that Peru has to offer tourists. It is a vacation spot par excellence and the World Travel Awards (WTA), the prestigious annual program that rewards the best destinations in the region and the world, knows it very well: the country of Incas received no less than 16 nominations! which can give it recognition in global travel if winning the gold badge of tourism.

Machu Picchu leads one of the categories (South America’s Leading Tourist Attraction) for which Peru was nominated. The capital, Lima, will compete for awards in the categories of Business Travel Destination, Leading City Break, South America’s Leading City Destination and Leading Sports Tourism Destination.

In order to choose the winners, an online vote has now been opened until July 26, 2021. Tourists, travel journalists, the media and anyone who wishes to give their opinion on the different categories of various destinations across the continent can participate here.

Vote for Peru in the 16 categories for which it was nominated:

1) South America’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination 2021: Peru –> Vote here!
2) South America’s Leading Business Travel Destination 2021: Lima, Peru –> Vote here!
3) South America’s Leading City Break Destination 2021: Lima, Peru –> Vote here!
4) South America’s Leading City Destination 2021: Lima, Peru –> Vote here!
5) South America’s Leading Cruise Destination 2021: Peru –> Vote here!
6) South America’s Leading Culinary Destination 2021: Peru –> Vote here!
7) South America’s Leading Cultural Destination 2021: Peru –> Vote here!
8) South America’s Leading Destination 2021: Peru –> Vote here!
9) South America’s Leading Green Destination 2021: Peru –> Vote here! 
10) South America’s Leading LGBT Destination 2021: Peru –> Vote here! 
11) South America’s Leading Nature Destination 2021: Peru –> Vote here! 
12) South America’s Leading Sports Tourism Destination 2021: Lima, Peru –> Vote here!
13) South America’s Leading Tourist Attraction 2021: Machu Picchu, Peru –> Vote here!
14) South America’s Leading Tourist Board 2021: PromPeru – Peruvian Tourism Board –> Vote here!
15) South America’s Leading Whale Watching Destination 2021: Peru –> Vote here!
16) South America’s Leading Youth Travel Destination 2021: Peru –> Vote here!

Vote for Peru in the World Travel Awards South America until July 26, 2021

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This will be the 24th award ceremony in the history of the World Travel Awards, considered “The Oscars of Tourism”. In last year’s edition, Peru won four awards in the categories of South America’s Leading Tourist Attraction (Machu Picchu), Leading Cruise Destination, Leading Cultural Destination and Leading Green Destination.

Source: PROMPERÚ

According to voting results, half of the best hotels in South America are located in Peru.

The Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Exports and Tourism (PROMPERÚ) reported that our hotels, resorts, and trains led the voting lists for the Reader’s Choice Awards, from the international travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler.

These promising results reaffirm our country as a high-class destination for travelers. Likewise, it is important to highlight that Peru is in the top 20 in the Best Countries category, obtaining the 14th position, close to emblematic destinations such as Japan, Portugal, Sri Lanka, and Italy, who lead the list this 2020.

Year after year, readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine send their votes, sharing their experiences in the best cities, islands, hotels, resorts, spas, cruise ships, trains, and airports in the world, and those preferences are chosen as the best of the Reader’s Choice Awards.

Regarding Peru, we count on first-class services and products that, now more than ever, are on the minds of avid travelers. Indeed, the magazine specifies the importance of this 33rd edition of the awards, because, while the global situation stops the majority from traveling, the desire to revisit legendary destinations and live once-in-a-lifetime experiences is still alive.

Hotels, resorts and trains

If we talk about the best resorts in South America, those located in Peru are in the following ranking: Hotel Paracas, a Luxury Collection Resort, Paracas (3), Inkaterra hacienda Urubamba, Valle Sagrado (4), Explora Valle Sagrado, Valle Sagrado (11), Tambo del Inka, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Valle Sagrado (15) and Aranwa Paracas Resort & Spa (25).

Likewise, if the best hotels in South America are taken into account, the list of Peruvian representatives is led by Aranwa Cusco Boutique Hotel (2), Inkaterra La Casona, Cusco (5), Titilaka, Puno (6), Country Club Lima Hotel, Lima (8) and Aranwa Sacred Valley Hotel & Wellness, Cusco (9).

Added to the above are Hotel B, Lima (11), Palacio del Inka, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Cusco (13), JW Marriott El Convento, Cusco (14), Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, Cusco (17) and Belmond Hotel Monasterio, Cusco (18).

Finally, in the Best Trains category, the Belmond Andean Explorer (3), Inca Rail (6), and Belmond Hiram Bingham (10) stand out. You can review the full list here.

Since July 16, interprovincial travel in Peru has resumed. Airlines and ground transportation companies also resumed their services under new security protocols. And although tour packages are not yet offered, the hotel industry is also reinventing itself so that travelers feel secure in acquiring these services. A different alternative to staying active is glamping.

Do you know what glamping is? Here we explain it to you. The term results from the union of the words glamor and camping, and consists of camping elegantly, that is, with all the existing comforts. Glamping is a luxury camp, where you get the best of both worlds: you reconnect with nature by living closely with mother earth and its spectacular views and locations, as well as having all the luxuries that the most ostentatious hotels can offer.

This exclusive activity, not yet widely practiced in the country, can be an outlet for conventional tourism, which usually concentrates on large groups of people.

The best destinations

What are the favorite and best-conditioned places for glamping in Peru? Many tourists choose Cusco as their first alternative. There, you can find various options, such as lodging at Nevado Salkantay, glamping on the Inca Trail, and Peru Eco Camp. The three options vary in prices, but they do not skimp on offering the tourist a place away from the noise, surrounded by nature, and free of crowds, as there are not many conditioned tents.

But if what you want is to get away from the cold, your destination should be Ica: near the Laguna de la Huacachina there is the Ica glamping, which offers tents with an Arab style in the middle of the coastal desert.

Sources: peru.travel / PromPerú

Made by the prestigious magazine Travel + Leisure, the survey highlights resorts that first-class service, authentic cultural experiences, and superior amenities that make a difference in attracting guests.

Cusco, the best representative

The publication highlights a Peruvian region that has been maintaining, for several years, as a favorite not only in South America but in the world. It is the Valle Sagrado (Sacred Valley) in Cusco, which has the largest representation on the list.

“The Sacred Valley of Peru, a perennial favorite for its Andean towns and Inca ruins, claims four of the ten places, including three of the first four,” explains the American magazine.

In the list of the Top 100 hotels in the world, the Peruvian hotels that stand out are Tambo del Inka, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Cusco (12); Explora Valle Sagrado, Cusco (30); Sol y Luna, Sacred Valley, Cusco (49) and Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba, Cusco (99).

According to the ranking of the 10 best hotels in South America, Peru managed to position 4 hotels: Tambo del Inka, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa (Sacred Valley, Cusco) in the second place; Explora Valle Sagrado, Cusco in third place; while Sol y Luna – Relais & Châteaux (Sacred Valley Cusco); and Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba (Sacred Valley Cusco); they were located in the fourth and ninth position, respectively.

On the Top 10 City Hotels category in South and Central America, there were five Peruvian hotels considered as tourist favorites.

In second and third place were the JW Marriott El Convento Cusco and the Palacio del Inka, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Cusco, respectively. While the fourth position is for the Belmond Hotel Monasterio, Cusco; and in the sixth place is Hotel B, in Lima. Close the list, the Belmond Palacio Nazarenas, Cusco, in position nine.

About Travel + Leisure

Previously known as US Camera and Travel, adopted its current name in 1971. It specializes in leisure travel and often features articles written by novelists, poets, artists, designers, and journalists.

It has a global reach of 6.7 million readers and conducts annual traveler surveys to assess trends and satisfaction of destinations, hotels, airports, and cruises, among others.

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This year the survey closed on March 2, just before orders were implemented as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The results reflect our reader’s experiences before to the pandemic, but we hope that this year’s award recipient will inspire their journeys to come, whenever possible”, the publication said.

Source: Andina