*Peru’s minister of tourism & foreign trade, Elizabeth Galdo, has announced that 1.01m international tourists visited the country between January and April – a 53.4% increase on the same period in 2023. Chile was the main source of international tourists to Peru over this period, accounting for 259,300 visitors (+43.8% year-on-year). This was followed by the US (174,609, +41.7%), Ecuador (88,062, +29.6%) and Bolivia (59,870, +182.7%). South America accounted for 54.2% of international tourists, followed by North America (22.3%), Europe (16.1%), Asia (4.1%), and Central America (2.3%).