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Peru, the land of the Incas, continues to be the main attraction to people from all over the world. Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas discovered in the twentieth century, remains a web of riddles for the adventurer and the scientist to tackle.

While in Peru you can visit the Amazon Rainforest (selva) and search for cures of the world’s illnesses.

You can have a trip to the depths of the jungle in Iquitos and cross the Andes. Since Iquitos isn’t accessible by road, you can spend some time on an Amazon Cruise boat.

The capital of Peru is the city of Lima. The principle cities include Lima, Arequipa, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Iquitos, Huancayo, Piura, Chimbote, Cusco, Pucallpa, Tacna, Ica, Juliaca, Sullana, Chincha Alta, Huanuco, Ayacuchu, Cajamarca, Tarapoto, Talara, Tumbes.

Total number of travel agencies: in China: 13,361. Over one thousand agencies can handle international travel. The remaining 12 thousand handle domestic travel.

Total number of hotels: 10481

Total number of employees in tourism industry: 5.98 million (2001)

Total number of foreign tourists: 97.91 million (2002)

Total number of domestic tourists: 878 million (2002)

Tourism Revenue: $67.06 billion USD (2002)

China transported 1.97 billion passengers reached during China’s Spring Festival (which is a 40-day period). China’s Lunar New Year is an important occasion for Chinese families to get a reunion. Among those passengers:
- By railway: 145 million;
- By car/bus: 1.79 billion;
- By water transport: 27 million
- By air: 12.6 million

I am, as usual, planning my next trip. And as I think where to go I cannot stop thinking how to avoid hundreds of other tourists in crowded places. So a made a research concerting the most popular tourist destinations in the world so that I know where I should most definitely not go. I decided to share the information with you as you also might be upset with crowds everywhere you go:

The recent adventure in Greece made me think about farm tourism. maybe it would not be the best idea for a romantic trip, but on the other hand why not? Constantly living in the hustle and bustle of city life I think that some change from time to time could do no harm. Besides a bit of quietude in the middle of nowhere once in a while cannot be a bad thing. I think I am going to give it a try once I tackle with all my business errands. But I still don’t know where to go. Despite the popular view not all farms are alike and I think that I could not go to a place without certain living standard so I will make a research and try to find something on a certain level and then go and give it a try.