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Foreign visitor arrivals to Peru fall 5.5% in second quarter of 2026

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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  • Foreign visitor arrivals to Peru fell 5.5% in the second quarter of 2026 from the same period a year earlier, according to the national statistics institute.
  • Visitors from Chile made up the largest share at 31.9%, followed by the United States at 14.3%.
  • Peru recorded 914,504 departures by its citizens during the quarter, down 1.8% year on year.

Foreign visitor arrivals to Peru fell 5.5% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to a report released by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics.

Visitors arriving between April and June came mainly from Chile, which accounted for 31.9% of entries. The United States represented 14.3%, followed by Ecuador at 8.9%, Colombia at 8.8%, Brazil at 6%, Spain at 5.8%, Panama at 5.2% and Bolivia at 5.1%. Together, those countries accounted for 86% of foreign arrivals.

Lima’s Jorge Chávez International Airport served as the main entry point, receiving 617,666 foreign visitors. The Santa Rosa land border crossing with Chile followed, with 233,050 entries.

Peruvians also made 914,504 trips abroad during the quarter. That figure represented a 1.8% decline from the second quarter of 2025.

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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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