How many travelers visited Peru in 2018?

Over the past two decades Peru has seen an incredible increase in visitor numbers. And this trend continued in 2018.

According to the latest “Foreign tourist profile”- report published by PromPeru, a total of 4,198,051 travelers - 62% men and 38% women; 45% millennials (25 – 40 years) and 23% Generation X (41 – 54 years) - visited Peru in 2018; an increase of 10% compared to 2017 and of a staggering 39.7% in the last 5 years.

65% of foreigners visiting Peru (2,728,733) traveled to the country for vacation; an increase of 40% in the last 5 years. Compared to 2017 the number of travelers visiting Peru for business increased 27% and now make up 15% of all visitors (629,708) coming to the country.

Country of residence of travelers visiting Peru

• 30% Chile
• 15% United States of America
• 6% Argentina
• 6% Ecuador
• 5% Colombia
• 4% Brazil
• 4% Spain
• 3% France
• 3% Canada
• 3% Mexico
• 2% Germany
• 2% UK
• 1% Australia
• 1% Italy
• 15% others

61% of travelers entered Peru at Lima’s Jorge Chavez International Airport; 26% at the Santa Rosa border in Tacna; 7% at the Aguas verdes land crossing in Tumbes and 5% at the two border points in Puno (Desagüadero 4% and Kasani 1%)

Regions in Peru visited by foreign travelers in 2018

• 73% Lima
• 37% Cusco
  • 35% Machu Picchu
  • 34% Aguas Calientes
  • 33% Cusco (city)
  • 27% Ollantaytambo
  • 18% Valle Sagrado
  • 14% Pisac
  • 13% Urubamba
• 28% Tacna
• 17% Arequipa
  • 16% Arequipa (city)
  • 10% Colca Canyon
  • 10% Chivay
• 17% Puno
  • 13% Puno (city)
  • 13% Uros
  • 12% Titicaca
  • 9% Taquile
• 16% Tumbes
• 13% Ica
• 11% Piura
• 5% La Libertad
• 3% Ancash
• 2% Madre de Dios
• 2% Loreto
• 1% Lambayeque
• 1% Moquegua

Travelers stay on average 10 nights (6 median nights) in Peru and spend an average of US$ 932 during their visit.

Realized activities during stay in Peru

84% of foreign visitors engaged in some sort of cultural activity during their stay including city tours, visiting archeological sites, churches, historical buildings, museums and native communities.

Nature activities including visiting protected areas and reserves, bird, other animal and flower watching as well as walking along rivers, lagoons and waterfalls were done by 42% of foreign Peru visitors.

And Peru increasingly becomes popular with adventure seekers. 37% engaged in adventure activities including trekking, hiking and mountaineering, kayaking and canoeing as well as sand boarding and dune buggy driving.

Source: PromPeru