Tumbes – Peru | Projects and Investments to Strengthen Incoming Tourism

 

Tumbes, capital of the region of the same name, an important and historic city located in northwestern Peru on the banks of Tumbes river, facing the Gulf of Guayaquil along with Zorritos near the border with Ecuador, relevant, political stronghold during the Inca Empire is the protagonist for projects and investments that will raise its internal tourism to strenghten and increase its level of incoming tourism.

The Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru, Mincetur, Desilú León, Champén reported that his office, through the Copesco National Plan, responsible for formulating, coordinating, directing, executing and supervising investments projects of tourism interests at the national level and providing specialized technical support for the execution of tourist projects to Regional Governments has two important tourism investment projects in its portfolio focused on Tumbes.

The Head of Mincetur commented that tourism plays a fundamental role in regional development, generates an important economic movement and creates jobs and the Peruvian Government is committed to Tumbes that has to continue to be an important, attractive and competitive tourist destination at a national level and for these reasons the leading organizations of the country are working on important tourist works that generate pride and identity.

Mincetur's first investment project will be carried out in Puerto Pizarro, a resort located 13 kilometers from Tumbes, famous for its fishermen, seashell collectors, its shallow waters allow water skiing, boating and windsurfing and relevant starting point to visit Tumbes Mangals National Sanctuary.

In this location the project will build a tourist mall, a rest stop, a boardwalk, a tourist viewing point, a central plaza and the construction of pedestrian paths and accesses. All that will cost more than 26 million of soles and the area of intervention will be 18.164.72 square meters.

This new infrastructure will allow some 113.000 national and international tourists to benefit and enjoy better services over the next ten years.

At this moment the works are in the phase of physical – lega sanification, by Emusac the municipal society of urbanization and construction SAC as far as land availability is concerned, it is necessary that the maintenance of the property and fires in the area of the project be carried out in advance and then the studio of the project be updated to enable the investment phase of the project.

The Minister then underlined that another of the projects on which work is being done in the region is the improvement and expansion of the tourist services of the Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary, a protected natural area established in 1988 boasting the largest area of mangrove forest in Peru for an amount of 13 million of Soles and which will allow some 15,000 national and international tourists to enjoy services over the next 10 years.

The works will be carried out in El Algarrobo where the construction of a pier to sail to the islands of Galllegos and Matapalo will be carried out, the activation of a pedestrian and vehicular path, the construction of interpretative routes, the construction of a visitor center with tourist services with information, luggage storage, interpreting, toilets, offices, the construction of a large parking lot and operations to improve the surveillance and tourist security post.

Other works will be carried out on the islands of Matapalo and Gallegos where pedestrian access will be created through an interpretative walkway, as well as rest and observation areas, and other developments will concern the construction of a pier and improvements regarding the surveillance and tourist security structures.

At this moment the Plan Copesco Nacional is completing the last stages of budget development while Mincetur is working on the environmental assessment for the works in the Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary.

Other current tasks concern the authorization of the DICAPI for the right of use in aquatic areas and it is expected that the technical file will be completed in the first half of 2025.

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https://www.expreso.info/noticias/internacional/102547_habra_inversiones_para_impulsar_el_turismo_interno_y_receptivo_en_la

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Tumbes – Peru | Projects and Investments to Strengthen Incoming Tourism

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