The brand consultant FutureBrand and the BBC World News of London announced that Peru was ranked third among the best 10 country brands for culture heritage.

    The citadel of MacchuPicchu was included in the list of the 10 most amazing places in the world, which was published by TripAdvisor

    A cultural tourist route dedicated to Mario Vargas Llosa to be launched. Mario Vargas Llosa’s native city, Arequipa, will launch a cultural tourist route that will include the manor house where the 2010 Nobel Literature Prize Winner was born, a library named after him, as well as other places that reveal Arequipa’s customs

    CNN network included the Peruvian Amazon in third place in its list of the world nine top tourist destinations recommended for 2011. "When many people think of the Amazon, they think of Brazil, but Peru offers a great base for exploring the region: Iquitos, a metropolis of almost half a million people in the heart of the Peruvian jungle,” says the website. Beaten only by New York and New Zealand, Iquitos is a %u201Cfitting destination%u201D for 2011, which has been declared as the International Year of Forests by the United Nations. Robert Reid, U.S. travel editor for Lonely Planet; Pauline Frommer, creator of Pauline Frommer's guidebooks; and Martin Rapp, senior vice president of leisure sales at Altou, were the three experts summoned by CNN to make the list. Other places mentioned also include Barcelona (Spain), Norway, Albania, Japan, Guatemala, and Bulgaria. A couple of months ago Iquitos was also chosen by Lonely Planet as one of the 2011 top ten cities. The Peruvian Amazon jungle is one of the most biologically diverse areas on Earth. Most species have probably still not been discovered, or adequately studied. As a nation, Peru has the largest number of bird species in the world and the third largest number of mammals; 44 percent of birds and 63 percent of the mammals inhabit the Peruvian Amazon. Peru also has a very high number of species of butterflies, orchids, and other organisms.

    Today, Peruvian food lovers from around the world were giving some good news. The 4th edition of the International Gastronomic Fair in Lima, Peru, also known with the more popular name of Mistura 2011, will be extended in this 2011 edition to a total of 10 days. The gastronomic fair will take place from September 9th to September 18th. Mistura 2011 will open its doors to the general public on September 9th (Friday) and it will remain open until Sunday 18th. Apega (Sociedad Peruana de Gastronomia), the main organizers of Mistura 2011 are expecting more than 300 thousand visitors for this edition of the gastronomic event in Lima. The location for this year will not change from last year%u2019s edition and will remain the same place located at El Parque de la Exposicion (Paseo de la Republica and 28 de Julio), as everybody was happy with the facility and floor arrangement during Mistura 2010. Last year%u2019s Mistura 2010 presented the visitors with an incredible selection of dishes from all regions of Peru, there was also all kinds of bread, prepared fresh by more than 50 bread makers (you have to understand than in Peru, you are expected to eat freshly baked bread every day and sliced bread is not very popular). Mistura 2011 will be the gastronomic event of the year in Peru. The exposition that many of our different cultures in Peru are getting is giving more recognition to the gastronomic legacy and modern development that originates in Peru and its chefs. So make your travel arrangements now, get your plane tickets and hotel reservations ready for September.