📋 Tender Overview
The proposed regulation is available on the sectors institutional page, which will receive contributions and comments until February 19.In order to receive contributions and opinions from actors linked to tourism activity, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) published the draft Regulation of Law No. 31797 or Law for the Promotion and Development of Community Tourism in the rules and documents section of its institutional page: www.gob.pe/mincetur. It is also available at the following link https://www.gob.pe/es/l/7671914.
This proposal recognizes community tourism as a form of tourism development with its own rules, territorial focus, cultural relevance and management based on the leadership of communities with a tourism vocation.
In addition, it corrects a historical debt, by recognizing and regulating, for the first time and in a differentiated manner, communities with a tourist vocation and the community tourism services they provide, taking into account the characteristics and particularities of their culture and collective nature, and not under conventional criteria linked to tourist activity, explained the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Teresa Mera.
The draft Regulation of Law No. 31797 is available for review by the various tourism actors for a period of 15 business days (until next February 19, 2026), in accordance with the provisions of Ministerial Resolution No. 019-2026-MINCETUR, which was recently published in the official newspaper El Peruano.
It is worth remembering that community tourism is a practice led by community-based tourism organizations (CBOs)--formalized under the modalities of associations, cooperatives or communal companies--which provide tourist experiences and services that combine living culture, nature and adventure, in addition to promoting the protection and conservation of the natural and cultural heritage in their territories.
The public may send their comments, contributions and opinions about the aforementioned project through the Mincetur parties table, located at Calle Uno Oeste No. 050, in San Isidro; the website www.gob.pe/mincetur; or by email contactocomunitario@mincetur.gob.pe.
PROPOSAL IN DETAIL
The proposed regulation, prepared by the Mincetur technical teams, recognizes community-based tourism organizations (CBOs) as key actors in the tourism management of their territories and as legitimate managers of authentic and sustainable tourist experiences, linked to the conservation of cultural heritage and the responsible use of natural resources.
This approach strengthens local governance, promotes that economic benefits are distributed collectively and contributes directly to improving the quality of life of host communities, in addition to increasing the competitiveness of the tourism chain.
One of the most relevant advances of the proposal is the figure of the Community Tourism Service, which is based on the mandate of the New General Tourism Law (Law No. 32392), to implement its own standards and criteria, which will be regulated by specific ministerial resolutions. This means that community tourism will no longer be regulated under the criteria of conventional tourism, but rather from parameters consistent with its territorial, cultural and organizational reality.
REGULATION INNOVATION
The proposed regulation incorporates a key innovation: the creation of the community tourism interpreter, a figure accredited by the community itself to provide tourist information within its territory, accompanying and connecting the visitor with the environment, the elements of the trip and the essence of the community. This role strengthens the quality of the tourist experience, revalues traditional knowledge and recognizes the right of communities to narrate their own history, from their worldview and living culture.
The draft regulation also recognizes the National Community Tourism Strategy (ENTC) as the main instrument that manages, plans, implements, monitors and carries out the continuous improvement of community tourism, for the sustainable, diversified and competitive development of communities with a tourism vocation, articulating efforts of the State, regional and local governments, international cooperation and private allies.
Likewise, it has coordinated work with the Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Exports and Tourism (PromPeru) to promote the promotion and commercialization of this practice at a national and international level, highlighting authentic, sustainable and quality experiences.
