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The minister of foreign trade and tourism, desilu leon, pointed out that the technological innovation centers (cite) for crafts and tourism have managed to benefit more than 4,400 citizens in various regions of peru so far this year, with 80% of this figure being women.
This was mentioned during her participation in the tenth ordinary session of the science, innovation and technology commission of the congress of the republic, where she went to give details of the work of mincetur regarding the cites.
In this sense, she highlighted that the work carried out by the technological innovation centers is of utmost importance, because through them, artisans and entrepreneurs in tourism are offered various instruments, tools, capacities and experience in terms of innovation and technological transfer. in the same way, their competitiveness, supply and commercial articulation are promoted.
i would like to highlight the function of the cites for crafts and tourism and the services they provide. continuing and improving these services will allow us to continue showing the world our cultural identity, in addition to boosting the local economy, as well as the families and communities involved, said minister desilu leon.
It is important to take into account that of the total number of artisans served by the cites for crafts and tourism in the regions of the country, 56.7% are in poverty and extreme poverty. because of this, it is significant to contextualize that a large number of beneficiaries of these centers are those peruvians who want to achieve greater well-being through their work.
Strengthening the cites
During her presentation at the legislative palace, minister desilu leon explained that currently the ministry of foreign trade and tourism (mincetur) has eight technological innovation centers for crafts and tourism, including the huancavelica cite that was reactivated last october, after not operating since 2021. in this way, there are four private cites (piura, amazonas, arequipa, puno and huancavelica is added. there are also 3 other public cites (ucayali, ayacucho and lambayeque).
In this regard, it is important to highlight that, simultaneously in the city of chachapoyas - amazonas, the iv annual meeting of executive directors (rade) of the cites of crafts and tourism was taking place under the scope of mincetur, this being the first decentralized meeting, which will take place in said city from december 2 to 4, a space that allows to debate the representatives of the eight (8) cites, the technical assistance and actions of innovation and technological transfer in the more than 226 districts and 9 tourist destinations of intervention that they have at a national level.
the importance of the cites of crafts and tourism is undeniable. we have proposed to expand their coverage and that will be a goal of this administration. we have been working for the creation of three new centers, revealed the head of mincetur.
It should be noted that these new centers will be located in maynas, catacaos and apurimac. in the case of maynas, it is expected to begin operations in 2026, catacaos in the first half of 2027 and apurimac in 2028.
Also, mincetur has been working on the repowering of the technological innovation centers of crafts and tourism located in quinua, sipan and ucayali. regarding quinoa, work is underway and is expected to be completed in january 2025. regarding the ucayali and sipan cites, work will be carried out on infrastructure and equipment and it is expected that they will be available to the public in 2028.
