📋 Tender Overview
The country maintains a recovery compared to pre-pandemic levels.In line with the goal of reaching four million tourists by the end of 2026, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) reported that incoming tourism in Peru maintains a positive trend, and in the first quarter of the year the country received 823,863 international tourists, which represents a growth of 3.5% compared to the same period in 2025, equivalent to 27,896 additional tourists.
The results of the first quarter confirm that incoming tourism in Peru maintains a path of sustained growth, with a progressive recovery that strengthens the countrys competitiveness as a destination in the region. At Mincetur we continue working with the objective of promoting the arrival of international tourists in the coming months, said the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Jose Reyes.
According to the Mincetur Tourism Report for March, Chile remained the main sending country, with 208,792 tourists, concentrating 25.3% of total arrivals. The United States followed, with 143,435 tourists and an interannual growth of 6.4%; Ecuador, with 67,429 tourists (+4.4%); Bolivia, with 52,545 tourists (+5.3%); Colombia, with 39,628 tourists (-0.1%); and Brazil, with 32,818 tourists (-4.2%). Together, these six markets represented 66.1% of total international tourists.
At the regional level, South America largely led the tourist flow to Peru, concentrating 53.1% of arrivals (437,261 international tourists). North America represented 22.5% (185,627 tourists), followed by Europe with 15.3% (126,210 tourists), Asia with 5.4% (44,630 tourists) and Central America with 2.5% (20,841 tourists), evidencing a sustained diversification of source markets.
Regarding the entry points to the country, the Jorge Chavez International Airport was consolidated as the main gateway, concentrating 59.4% of the total international tourists (489,455 tourists). They were followed by the Santa Rosa Border Control Post in Tacna, with 162,936 tourists (19.8%); the Binational Frontera Tumbes Care Center, with 62,063 tourists (7.5%); and the Desaguadero/Carancas/CEBAF Border Control Post in Puno, with 48,100 tourists (5.8%), among others.
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Outbound tourism also showed significant dynamism. Between January and March 2026, 942,777 Peruvian residents traveled abroad for tourism, which meant an increase of 5.2% compared to the same period of the previous year. This figure exceeds the levels reached in 2019 by 9.1%, reflecting a complete recovery and even sustained growth in the segment.
64.6% of the total Peruvian tourists who traveled abroad for tourism chose South American countries as their destination. Chile led as the main destination with 275,675 Peruvian tourists, followed by Bolivia (107,163), the United States (105,182), Spain (83,916) and Colombia (82,529), among others.
