Protests threaten Holy Week in Cusco (Diario El Sol del Cusco [Spanish] - 2/7/2023)

Protests threaten Holy Week in Cusco (Spanish)

Ongoing protests result in ten million soles being lost daily, and 40,000 people have lost their jobs that are directly related to the tourism sector.

The social conflicts in the south of the country have caused the cancellation of several festivities and now jeopardize Holy Week in Cusco, according to Richard Velásquez, President of the Peruvian Association of Tourism Companies (APEMTUR - Cusco).

"The negative projections are until Easter in April, because incoming tourism does not cancel from one day to the next like the national one," said the APEMTUR President.

With Holy Week, the 'high tourist season' begins in the Cusco region and intensifies in June, when the reserves run out before the arrival of the thousands of visitors; however, in only the first quarter Cusco 'lost all its reserves'.

"Cusco loses 10 million soles per day according to MINCETUR (the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism), it is a quite detrimental amount for our sector because there are more than 40,000 people who directly depended on tourism at this time are unemployed," Velásquez explained.

The lack of tourists affects one in four people from Cusco, and the most affected Provinces are Písac, Urubamba, Ollantaytambo, and Valle Sagrado because they maintain themselves almost exclusively from tourist activity, especially with the entrances to Machu Picchu, which has been closed for almost three weeks.

"We ask the President to take action immediately, to look at the situation in the south, which is bankrupt at the moment and Cusco, as a tourist destination, is being affected," he said.

Countries do not recommend Peru as a tourist destination

As a result of the protests, sixteen countries recommended their citizens not to visit Peru so as not to be affected by the demonstrations. One of these nations is the United States, where most visitors come from.

"We have 16 countries that closed the doors to Peru, which will not be noticed tomorrow or this month or two months, it will only be felt in the first semester, even at the Cusco festivities in June," he specified.

They are looking for a meeting with the Prime Minister, and in the next few days with the Minister of Culture.

Tags: #Cusco #Protests #Tourism #SemanaSanta

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