Hollywood producer Ron Howard visits Machu Picchu

Hollywood producer, director and actor Ron Howard arrived in Peru and visited Machu Picchu, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, that has attracted many worldwide celebrities. Howard took the Hiram Bingham train at Ollantaytambo station as any other tourist, but some minutes later some passangers recognized him asking him to pose for some pictures with them. The 55-year-old famous director agreed and signed some autographs for his fans, reported Peru's newspaper El Comercio.

The American producer arrived in Machu Picchu around midday and started to visit the place accompanied with a local guide. The Hollywood director took notes and recorded everything the guide was saying.Howard is one of the most sought-after and highly regarded directors in the business. His films, including Splash, Cocoon and Apollo 13, have been some of the most memorable entertainment experiences of our era. He won the 2002 Best Director Oscar for A Beautiful Mind, which also won the 2002 Oscar as Best Picture. In the 1970s he became famous as Howard Cunningham's son and Arthur Fonzarelli's best friend, Richie Cunningham, on Happy Days (a role he played from 1974 to 1980).

Machu Picchu's popularity has rapidly risen sicne it was chosen one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Many celebrities such as The Police guitarist Andy Summers, have traveled to the Andean city of Cusco and visited the Inca citadel. The list of celebrities include Princess Beatrice, daughter of Prince Andrés and Sarah Ferguson, Olivia Newton John and Cameron Díaz. Multibillionaire Bill Gates also visited the Inca citadel and attended the Inti Raymi in Sacsayhuaman, and so did Hollywood actors Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson in December last year.

Source: Andina

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Thousands of people witness Inti Raymi in Cusco

Thousands of tourists and local people attended the staging of the Inti Raimy or Festival of the Sun, whose first ceremony took place at the Santo Domingo Qoricancha Covent with the greeting to the Father Sun or Inti Tayta.

The Inti Raymi is considered as the most solemn and grandiose festivity of the Inca era.
The Inca, along with principal members of his court and the Huillac Uma (Main Priest), performed a ritual of greeting to the Inti Tayta (Father Sun) at the Qoricancha esplanade, where the rests of the famous Inca temple dedicated to the Sun are located.

Afterwards, the Inca, escorted by all his entourage, moved to the Plaza de Armas in Cusco, where this festivity was originally performed and where the Cusco's Cathedral is located, this last one built on the temple dedicated to the god Wiracocha or universal god for the Andean culture.

That’s where the dubbed “Encuentro de los tiempos”( Encounter of the times) took place, act where the Inca talked with the major of the city and offered a speech to the people of Cusco and its authorities.

In these moments, the Inca accompanied by his Coya (queen), his royal entourage and his imperial army goes to the Archeological Park of Sacsayhuaman for the central ceremony of Inti Raymi.

The Inti Raymi ("Festival of the Sun") is a religious ceremony of the Inca Empire in honor of the god Inti (Sun). It also marked the winter solstice and a new year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere.

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INC-Cusco authorities restore Ollantaytambo archaeological site

Cusco's National Institute of Culture (INC) has completed a series of conservation and restoration works at the archaeological complex of Ollantaytambo, located in the Urubamba province in Cusco, southeastern Peru. The project is part of measures being implemented by the State's public organization to honor the city of Cusco. Archaeologist Amelia Perez Trujillo explained that seven monuments, three squares, terraces and murals were restored during the project.

According to the Director of Conservation of Cultural Heritage Property, Antonio Silva Del Carpio, a total of 1’730,000 soles were invested in Q'ellorakay (Ollantaytambo), Maskabamba and Pinkulluna projects. Ollantaytambo is a town and an Inca archaeological site in southern Peru some 60 kilometers northwest of the city of Cusco.
It is located at an altitude of 2,792 meters above sea level in the district of Ollantaytambo, province of Urubamba, Cusco region.

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Arequipa expects to welcome over 25,000 tourists in August 2009

Arequipa prepares to welcome over 25,000 tourists in August, its anniversary month, when visitors will participate in different programmed activities, as well as know its tourist attractions, reported the regional government.
Rocio Cervantes, regional manager of Foreign Trade and Tourism, said that during the anniversary of the white city the tourist inflow increases on increasing interest of the visitors to participate in festivities.
Many cultural and artistic activities are programmed in that month, such as serenades, parades, parade floats, among others.
“Last year we received 25,000 tourists, this year we expect the number to increase, that is why we are working in coordination with other institutions linked to the sector,” she said.
Many tourist promotion plans are being developed in the coming months targeting local people, so they can know more about their province.

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Accor opened four-star Novotel hotel in Lima

French hotel chain Accor opened on Monday a four-star Novotel hotel in the Limean district of San Isidro, which construction required an investment of 18.5 million dollars, reported its general manager, Ana Lucia Kosceniewski.
It is worth mentioning that, in March, the company announced an investment of 15 million dollars for construction works, amount exceeded during the decorating and implementation process.
"The hotel was built in record time of 18 months and, due to its strategic location, it is expected to attract corporate customers, who pass through this area daily," she said.
This seven-storey hotel has 208 rooms including two suites (50 square meters), 71 twin bedrooms, 130 double bedrooms and five disabled bedrooms with 25 square meters each one.
It also has seven reception rooms with a total capacity for 490 people, located on first and second floors, since the hotel seeks to satisfy the strong demand of companies for spacious rooms equipped to conduct workshops, trainings and press conferences.
Other services include business center, children area, spa, gym, indoor pool, bar and restaurant.

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Puno's natural & cultural wealth promoted on website

The natural and cultural wealth of Puno in southeastern Peru are being promoted on a website dubbed "Puno, Exportable Offer," launched by the Foreign Ministry office in this region. The website and a CD-ROM, launched last Friday, will be distributed and promoted among all Peruvian embassies, consulates and trade offices in the world. Handicrafts, jewelry, trouts, historical tourism and quinoa are presented as Puno’s flagship products on this website.
Foreign Ministry official in Puno, Ricardo Barreda said the project began in December 2008 with a digital catalog of Puno's products and tourist attractions.
The Regional Executive Committee for Export (Cerx), the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Production of San Roman, Puno Regional Chamber of Tourism and Puno’s Destination Management Organization (OGD) contributed to this initiative.
The material features information of the region's most important productive sectors and includes an updated directory of companies with great export potential or which are already exporting their products and/or services.
The purpose of its publication is to promote the capacity and quality of Puno's exportable offer in new markets worldwide, as well as promote its investment potential.

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Ancient tomb found in Machu Picchu archaeological park

Archaeologists at the National Institute of Culture (INC) have found a pre-Inca tomb in the Salapunku archaeological site, located inside the Machu Picchu Archaeological Park in Cusco, southeastern Peru.
Resident archaeologist Francisco Huaycaya Quispe said that these remains would belong to a woman from the Quillke culture, an indigenous which flourished before the Inca Empire.
According to the archaeologist, this hypothesis is based on the pottery and ruminant and poultry bones found at the site.
He mentined that this tomb has "interesting" features because it points towards a mountain called Wakaywillka, considered by the pre-Hispanic inhabitants the tutelary apu of the Vilcanota valley.
The discovery occurred in the sector III, located in a rocky area of the Salapunku archaeological site.
The archaeological site of Salapunku is at 2,631 meters above sea level in the foothills of the La Veronica mount and it occupies an area of 229.420 square meters.

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Gastronomy attracts 42% of the tourists to Peru

As per information received from the Vice-president of the Gastronomy Sub-committee of Lima’s Chamber of Commerce, 42% of the tourists that arrive to Peru come motivated by its gastronomy, considered among the best in the world.

He also said that studies show that 90% of those visitors are willing to come back to the country, only to taste again the Peruvian flavors. On other hand, the President of the Gastronomy Committee said that the boom of the Peruvian gastronomy has motivated the opening of more businesses on this sector of the economy.

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The Inti Raymi festival in Peru honors the sun

Inti Raymi, one of the largest festivals in the Americas, celebrates Inca traditions in honor of Inti – the Inca Sun God. The Inca celebrations take place during the winter solstice, in a rite to make the sun god return. Today, thousands of people from all over the world gather in Cuzco for a week-long celebration marking the beginning of the New Year.
The main event of the festival takes place on June 24, with an all-day ceremony, that takes place at the ancient fortress of Sacsayhuaman, in the hills above Cuzco. Stands are built so that visitors –about 100,000 on this day- can be comfortably seated to observe the ceremonies that can last up to five hours. Entry to the fortress is free, and rental chairs are available from booths around the main square.

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Polish expedition to explore Colca Canyon again

On Tuesday, an expedition of eight Polish citizens will explore for the second time the Colca Canyon in Arequipa to conduct geological studies in this Andean area located at 2,500 meters above sea level.
Expedition Leader of Colca Condor 2008 & 2009 Expeditions, Jerzy Yurek Majcherczyk said that this is the second time they visit the area after their 2008 expedition during which they covered 8 km of the canyon.

The expedition will begin at Cruz del Condor to descent to the canyon and then walk the banks of the river until they arrive to Sangalla, in the district of Cabanaconde.
Yurek Majcherczyk expects to travel for over 10 days so they can explore 10 kilometers they have not studied yet.
He mentioned that they will take paths leading to unexplored archaeological sites so as to conduct a special archaeological study of this area.

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