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UJ #9 - Adventure in Peru

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Elias Mujica<br />

AWARD FOR THE BEST WORLD TOURISM PROJECT<br />

The British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW) gave the Best Wider<br />

World Tourism Project Award to the Tucume site museum,<br />

located <strong>in</strong> the eponymous archaeological complex <strong>in</strong> Lambayeque.<br />

This museum was reopened only recently after a refurbishment<br />

programme carried out by Plan Copesco Nacional,<br />

which required an <strong>in</strong>vestment of 11 million soles.<br />

CONGRESS OF THE ORGANISATION OF WORLD HERITAGE CITIES<br />

The 13th Congress of the Organisation of World Heritage Cities<br />

took place from the 3rd to the 6th of November <strong>in</strong> the city of<br />

Arequipa. Talks were given by specialists <strong>in</strong> heritage preservation,<br />

urban development and other matters, over the course<br />

of four days. More than 180 representatives from 55 member<br />

countries of the General Assembly of the Organisation of World<br />

Heritage Cities (OWHC).<br />

Christian Declercq

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