Peru tourist spending for 2020 was 1.00 billion US dollars, a 78.69% decline from 2019.

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<li>Peru tourist spending for 2019 was <strong>4.70 billion US dollars</strong>, a <strong>4.4% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>Peru tourist spending for 2018 was <strong>4.51 billion US dollars</strong>, a <strong>1.49% increase</strong> from 2017.</li>
<li>Peru tourist spending for 2017 was <strong>4.44 billion US dollars</strong>, a <strong>3.52% increase</strong> from 2016.</li>
</ul>International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Key information about Peru Tourism Revenue

• Peru's Tourism Revenue reached 4 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with 4 USD bn in the previous year
• Peru's Tourism Revenue data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1990 to Dec 2024
• The data reached an all-time high of 4,703 USD mn in Dec 2019 and a record low of 156 USD mn in Dec 1992

The revenue in the travel & tourism market in Peru was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total ***** million U.S. dollars (+***** percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the revenue is estimated to reach *** billion U.S. dollars and therefore a new peak in 2029. Find more key insights for the revenue in countries like Belize, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba.. The Statista Market Insights cover a broad range of additional markets.

Key information about Peru Visitor Arrivals

• Peru Visitor Arrivals recorded 280,542 person in Dec 2024, compared with 255,432 person in the previous month
• Peru Visitor Arrivals data is updated monthly, available from Jan 2002 to Dec 2024
• The data reached an all-time high of 412,415 person in Jul 2019 and a record low of 0 person in Sep 2020

Peru: Tourist departures: The latest value from 2020 is 791 thousand tourists, a decline from 3275 thousand tourists in 2019. In comparison, the world average is 4609 thousand tourists, based on data from 73 countries. Historically, the average for Peru from 1995 to 2020 is 1723 thousand tourists. The minimum value, 508 thousand tourists, was reached in 1995 while the maximum of 3275 thousand tourists was recorded in 2019.

In 2024, over *** million people visited Machu Picchu – the famous Inca vestiges in Peru. With this, the volume of travelers at this Peruvian UNESCO Heritage Site grew above the figure recorded in 2019.

Tourism expenditures of Peru plummeted by 74.14% from 3,627,399,902 US dollars in 2019 to 938,000,000 US dollars in 2020. Since the 15.90% surge in 2018, tourism expenditures sank by 72.03% in 2020. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Peru PE: Number of Tourist Nights: YoY data was reported at -1.078 % in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 9.600 % for 2018. Peru PE: Number of Tourist Nights: YoY data is updated yearly, averaging 4.002 % from Dec 2009 (Median) to 2019, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 25.542 % in 2011 and a record low of -19.420 % in 2010. Peru PE: Number of Tourist Nights: YoY data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.IMF.IFS: Tourist Arrivals: Annual.

In 2019, Peru received a Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index score of *** out of seven in the pillar of international openness. Pillar 8: price competitiveness, as well as pillar 12: tourist service infrastructure, both received the highest score among the ** pillars, with a value of ***.

Peru's International Tourism Departures (Outbound) is 3,275,000 which is the 53rd highest in the world ranking. Transition graphs on International Tourism Departures (Outbound) in Peru and comparison bar charts (China vs. Japan vs. Peru), (Uzbekistan vs. Australia vs. Peru) are used for easy understanding. Various data can be downloaded and output in csv format for use in EXCEL free of charge.

Statistics illustrates monthly imports of travel sets in Peru from January 2019 to June 2025.

In 2019, Peru received a Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) score of *** out of seven. It shows an increase in comparison to 2017, when the TTCI score of this Latin American country was ****; it was also the highest TTCI score recorded in the period between 2013 and 2019.

Peru's inbound tourism expenditure amounted to approximately *** billion U.S. dollars in 2023, up from the previous year's total of **** billion U.S. dollars. The country's inbound tourism expenditure peaked in 2019.

Peru Visitors Arrival: Foreign: Santa Catalina Monastery data was reported at 8,955.000 Person in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 4,795.000 Person for Feb 2025. Peru Visitors Arrival: Foreign: Santa Catalina Monastery data is updated monthly, averaging 8,662.000 Person from Jan 2002 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 279 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24,846.000 Person in Aug 2019 and a record low of 0.000 Person in Feb 2021. Peru Visitors Arrival: Foreign: Santa Catalina Monastery data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.Q005: Visitor Arrivals: by Tourist Sites, Musuems, and Natural Areas. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Peru E-Commerce Transactions: AOV: Travel & Tourism: Travel & Tourism data was reported at 287.909 USD in 18 Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 297.487 USD for 15 Apr 2025. Peru E-Commerce Transactions: AOV: Travel & Tourism: Travel & Tourism data is updated daily, averaging 84.012 USD from Dec 2018 (Median) to 18 Apr 2025, with 1770 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,558.180 USD in 11 Mar 2019 and a record low of 0.010 USD in 21 Mar 2019. Peru E-Commerce Transactions: AOV: Travel & Tourism: Travel & Tourism data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Grips Intelligence Inc.. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.GI.EC: E-Commerce Transactions: by Category.

Peru Exports of travel sets for personal toilet, sewing/shoe/clothes cleaning to Belize was US$44 during 2019, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Peru Exports of travel sets for personal toilet, sewing/shoe/clothes cleaning to Belize - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on June of 2025.

Peru Visitors Arrival: Foreign: Ollantaytambo data was reported at 20,555.000 Person in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 29,313.000 Person for Jan 2025. Peru Visitors Arrival: Foreign: Ollantaytambo data is updated monthly, averaging 26,514.000 Person from Jan 2009 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 194 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 88,475.000 Person in Jul 2019 and a record low of 0.000 Person in Feb 2021. Peru Visitors Arrival: Foreign: Ollantaytambo data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.Q005: Visitor Arrivals: by Tourist Sites, Musuems, and Natural Areas. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

In 2019, the infrastructure of Peru received a Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index score of 3.6 out of seven. That year, the sub-index with the highest score was travel and tourism policy and enabling conditions with a score of 4.7.

Peru Imports of travel goods, handbags, brief-cases, spectacle cases, similar containers from Georgia was US$240 during 2019, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Peru Imports of travel goods, handbags, brief-cases, spectacle cases, similar containers from Georgia - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on June of 2025.

Peru Exports of travel goods, handbags, brief-cases, spectacle cases, similar containers to Lebanon was US$0 during 2019, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Peru Exports of travel goods, handbags, brief-cases, spectacle cases, similar containers to Lebanon - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on June of 2025.