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Peru ranks as one of the most important tourist destinations in the world thanks to the continuing international recognition it receives, including four awards presented by the Latin American Travel Association (CAN), said today the Commission for the Promotion of Peru's Export and Tourism (Promperú).

Peru took four of the ten prizes awarded to the CAN in the UK where Promperú won the award for best tourist office in Latin America.

"This recognition, coupled with the Country Brand Index, Peru positioned as one of the most important tourist destinations in the world and also demonstrates that when the public and private sectors work together, success is assured," said the director of promotion Tourism Promperú, Mara Seminar.

The hotel also Inkaterra Reserva Amazon won the prize for best Jungle Lodge, which is located opposite the Tambopata National Reserve, in the Madre de Dios region.

For its part, Aqua Expeditions received the award for best luxury cruise, cruise for his part in Iquitos (Loreto) on the Amazon River and enters the Marañón River, to visit the nature reserve, Pacaya Samiria in that region.

Also, the chain Orient Express Hotels, Trains and Cruises, with the hotels Lima (Miraflores Park Hotel), Cusco (Hotel Monasterio), Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge) and the Colca Canyon in Arequipa (Colca The Pocitas) won as the best hotel chain.

The prizes were awarded in London in the largest tourism fair in the world, the World Travel Market (WTM), representatives of Promperú and tourism companies, thanks to winning the votes of operators, airlines, newspapers and chambers of tourism world.

CAN is a trade association that works in the UK and was founded to promote travel to Latin America. It brings together 200 businesses, including tourism offices, tour operators, hotels, wholesalers, media, airlines and other members at the international level.

Seminar held that these awards are received in an edition of the WTM particularly successful, as the participation of Peru has generated many positive responses.

He also said that the opinion leader Simon Calder, editor of The Independent, received a massive response from the press and public in his seminar "The Amazon and the top ten places to visit in Peru."

For its part, the show "The Secret Life of the Peruvian Amazon," displayed on the stand and opened by the Peruvian Embassy in London from Peru, was one of the most visited attractions at the fair.

Similarly, in Peru WTM is one of the country today to give an award in the Sustainable Tourism Awards, organized by Virgin Holidays, the WTM, The Daily Telegraph, the BBC and Geographical Magazine.

On this occasion, the Peruvian government, through Promperú deliver the prize to the best destination for poverty reduction among the countries contestants