Arequipa to promote voting for Colca Canyon and Lake Titicaca

More than 100 students will participate on Friday as promoters in the Peru-Bolivia binational campaign, to attract votes to favor nominations of Colca Canyon and Lake Titicaca in the contest to choose the new seven wonders of nature.

Carlos Corrales, Coordinator of Campaign of the Self-Governing Authority of Colca (Autocolca), said that since 09:00 hours (14:00 GMT) young will encourage local people inside internet booths to vote for these two places.

Some girls wore traditional costumes of province of Caylloma, in Arequipa, and visited internet booths of centre of town, in order to attract votes to favor Colca Canyon and Lake Titicaca.

The campaign will be launched simultaneously in cities of Iquitos, Juliaca, Puno and Arequipa (Peru) and in Achacachi, Copacabana, Oruro, El Alto and La Paz (Bolivia).

Corrales pointed out that the campaign will end at 20:00 hours, but people can vote until July, when second stage of this contest is finished.

Organizers have scheduled other four dates to develop similar actions in Peru and Bolivia for April 17, May 8 and 22, and June 12.

Colca Canyon is located in the province of Caylloma, four hours from Arequipa City. To support this initiative, people can enter New Seven Wonders website and vote.

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Brazilian tour operators interested to visit Arequipa's tourist attractions

Arequipa, Mar. 20 (ANDINA).- Brazilian tour operators attending Peru Travel Mart (PTM) from April 24 to 26 in Lima are interested in obtaining additional information about tourism opportunities in the city of Arequipa, which is why they announced their participation in the post tour to be held in that southern city.

Alvaro Benavides, vice-president of the National Chamber of Tourism (Canatur) who arrived today in Arequipa, said Brazilians expressed their interest to know the Ciudad Blanca (White City) – Arequipa, to be considered a potential tourist center when the construction of Peru-Brazil South Interoceanic Highway is completed.

According to Benavides, 60 of 115 operators attending the PTM are Brazilian entrepreneurs, most of whom will participate in the post tour to Arequipa.

So far, 50 operators, most of them Brazilians, have expressed their interest in participating in the post tour scheduled to Arequipa after attending the PTM. They are expected to travel on April 27 in order to visit its local tourist attractions in two days.