Arequipa region's Colca Valley has broken a new record by having welcomed more than 34,000 visitors in July 2018, Caylloma Province Mayor Romulo Tinta reported on Wednesday.
Colca tourist industry currently works hard to offer visitors adequate services, which include various artistic-cultural activities.
The official added tourist flow figures are favorable. In this sense, over 280,000 travelers are expected to have arrived at Colca Valley
thru year-end, a higher number compared to 2017 (250,000).
Furthermore, he said Caylloma province citizens will participate in the Regional Parade featuring "Carnavales de Chivay" (Chivay's Carnivals) dances on the occasion of Arequipa's anniversary celebrations.
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Colca Valley is one of the
region's top attractions. The area offers numerous tourist services, and besides its natural beauty, visitors come to enjoy the majestic flight of the condor —an emblematic Andean bird.
The place is located four hours from Arequipa city, and there is a paved road leading to such natural site.