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Thus proven: stop-motion travel video, so much more fun than timelapse
DestinationsTimelapse, that staple hipsteresque video format that rose to new heights with the rise of YouTube and later Vimeo, tends to overshadow another somewhat underappreciated format: stop-motion video. After a while all timelapses blend into each other, with a languid soundtrack laid over beach/sunset/clouds/buildings/cityscape/people/desert sky/Northern Light vistas. Stop-motion videos meanwhile, are just a lot more fun [...]
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Lima’s lone municipal beach is magnet for the masses
DestinationsWhile Lima’s elite passes its summer weekends in gated beach enclaves south of the Peruvian capital, the working class jams by the thousands on a single municipal beach of grayish-brown sands and gentle waves. The only barrier to entry to Agua Dulce beach is two dollars, the price of bus fare to and from the [...]
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U.S. lifts controversial travel warning about Machu Picchu
DestinationsThe U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru, lifted a controversial travel warning that restricted embassy personnel from traveling to the Cusco and Machu Picchu area. The Embassy posted a Security Message for U.S. Citizens — Reduction of Potential Kidnapping Threat in Cusco on its website and Facebook page today. It reads, in part: “The U.S. Embassy has [...]
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Peruvian officials dispute U.S. emergency travel warning for Cuzco
DestinationsA U.S. Embassy warning to U.S. tourists of a potential kidnapping threat in the Cuzco region, including the famed Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, drew vehement objections from Peruvian officials Friday. But a U.S. Embassy official said credible evidence exists of a threat from a Peruvian terrorist group. The official confirmed a report in the [...]
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U.S. bans officials from visiting Machu Picchu for fear of kidnapping plot
DestinationsThe U.S. State Department barred travel by officials to the 15th century ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru’s top tourist destination, citing a heightened risk of kidnapping. A criminal organization may be planning to abduct U.S. tourists visiting the mountain Inca sanctuary and the surrounding Cuzco region, the U.S. embassy in Lima said in a statement [...]
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Ancient city in Peru among hottest destinations? Somebody forgot to tell the tourists
DestinationsTravel expert Arthur Frommer, speaking at the recent The New York Times Travel Show in Manhattan, pegged Peru’s Sacred City of Caral-Supe, which some say may pre-date the Egyptian pyramids, as one of the hottest destinations for 2013. Frommer cited the 5,000-year-old archeological site (along with China, Ireland, Oslo, India, Dubai, Miami Beach, Colorado, Washington and New Orleans) as [...]
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Peru’s tourist demand is surging, and Hilton and Marriott want to be ready
DestinationsHilton Worldwide Inc. and Marriott International Inc. are heading a drive to invest as much as $1.8 billion over the next four years in Peru to handle surging tourist demand, an industry group said. Other hotel chains including Hyatt Hotels Corp., Accor SA of France, Portugal’s Grupo Pestana SGPS SA and Colombia’s GHL Grupo de [...]
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Peru, the next big hotel boom market in South America
RoomsFollowing in the footsteps of Brazil and Colombia, Peru appears to be aligning itself as the next South American country ready to support an evolution of its tourism and hospitality industries. On top of Peru’s already solidified economy, the Peruvian government is boosting incentives to attract investment in infrastructure. Meanwhile, Peru’s successful mining industry is [...]
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Checking in on Lima, Peru’s delicious restaurant revolution
DestinationsAgainst expectations, the sweet chunks of banana perfectly complemented the raw fish marinated in lime juice, onions, coriander and Peruvian yellow chillies. I was tasting a new sort of ceviche, the seafood salad served across Latin America, in Amaz, a new Amazonian restaurant opened by Pedro Miguel Schiaffino, one of Lima’s leading chefs. To a [...]
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International airport planned for Cusco for tourists visiting Machu Picchu
TransportPresident Ollanta Humala announced plans to build an international airport near the southern city of Cusco to boost tourism to the legendary Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. The current Cusco airport, long unable to handle major flights from abroad, only operates with limited daytime flights and is limited by its location in a city, surrounded [...]
