Overview

• Peru counted 268,675 international arrivals through August 2025, up 4.4% from 2024, with Chile, the United States and Ecuador as the main source markets and projected tourism revenue above US$5 billion for the year.
• Machu Picchu has surpassed one million visitors in 2025, yet Cusco tourism in 2024 remained just under 80% of pre‑pandemic levels, leaving about 17,000 people or families outside the tourism service chain.
• A four‑day suspension of the Ollantaytambo–Machu Picchu train service during recent protests affected about 4,700 travelers and caused losses exceeding 5 million soles.
• Industry figures urge an autonomous authority for Machu Picchu, expanded infrastructure investment and activation of the new General Tourism Law, with projections that such measures could lift tourism to around 15% of GDP and create at least 3.5 million formal jobs by 2030.
• UNWTO’s World Tourism Day underscores tourism’s global weight at roughly 10% of GDP and one in ten jobs, while Argentina’s August data show a tourism spending deficit of more than US$370 million as outbound travel outpaced inbound receipts.